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Cruise Expedition Monitoring Workshop and Dialogue - Seminar: On improving and expanding the environmental monitoring efforts of cruise ships in the Arctic, March 7-8 2019, Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

dc.contributor.authorPoulsen, Michael Køie
dc.contributor.authorIversen, Lisbeth
dc.contributor.authorMikkelsen, Nadia
dc.contributor.authorDanielsen, Finn
dc.contributor.editorIversen, Lisbeth
dc.coverage.spatialArctic Oceanen_US
dc.coverage.spatialSvalbarden_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-22T18:24:47Z
dc.date.available2020-04-22T18:24:47Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationPoulsen, M.K.,Iversen, L.; Mikkelsen, N.E. and Danielsen, D. (2019) Cruise Expedition Monitoring Workshop and Dialogue - Seminar: On improving and expanding the environmental monitoring efforts of cruise ships in the Arctic, March 7-8 2019, Longyearbyen, Svalbard. Bergen, Norway, NORDECO and INTAROS, 22pp, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-801en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11329/1293
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25607/OBP-801
dc.description.abstractThe objectives of the workshop is to jointly develop a cruise expeditions’ Arctic environmental monitoring program comprising dedicated citizen science programs. The workshop is part of the INTAROS WP4 on Community-based monitoring. Cruise expeditions have the potential to support environmental protection efforts by obtaining information that can help scientists conduct conservation research and provide a better basis for management decisions. Representatives from cruise operators, citizen science programs, local government, local scientists and INTAROS will meet to discuss and develop a Cruise Expeditions Monitoring Program to be tested around Svalbard and in other areas of the Arctic. The focus will be on working towards agreeing on simple methods that can be used alongside the normal cruise activities at sea and on land, and which can be reported on, as far as possible, by using the same format. We will look for monitoring that is meaningful to all involved and which will make the cruises an even richer experience for both guides and guests. A dialogue meeting with local actors in Longyearbyen was organised on the second day The workshop is organised by Finn Danielsen (NORDECO), Lisbeth Iversen (NERSC) and MIchael Køie Poulsen (NORDECO)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis project receives funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under GA No. 727890en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherINTAROS H2020 Project (GA No. 727890)en_US
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/*
dc.subject.otherAECOen_US
dc.subject.otherCommunity based monitoringen_US
dc.subject.otherCruiseen_US
dc.subject.otherStakeholder engagementen_US
dc.subject.otherCitizen Scienceen_US
dc.subject.otherShippingen_US
dc.subject.otherMarine mammalsen_US
dc.titleCruise Expedition Monitoring Workshop and Dialogue - Seminar: On improving and expanding the environmental monitoring efforts of cruise ships in the Arctic, March 7-8 2019, Longyearbyen, Svalbard.en_US
dc.typeReporten_US
dc.description.statusPublisheden_US
dc.format.pages22pp.en_US
dc.description.notesThis INTAROS community-based monitoring (CBM) workshop was held in Svalbard at the University Center (UNIS) on March 7-8, 2019 (https://intaros.nersc.no/content/cruise-expedition-monitoring-workshop). The workshop offered an opportunity for cruise operators, citizen science programs, local government and scientists in the Arctic to come together to exchange experiences and perspectives. The environment in the Arctic region is changing fast. Better environmental monitoring and management is urgently needed. Cruise operators, guides and passengers may find it meaningful to participate in these efforts. The objective of the Svalbard workshop was to jointly develop a cruise expedition Arctic environmental monitoring program comprising dedicated citizen science programs to be tested around Svalbard and in the Arctic during 2019. The INTAROS project and the Association of Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) would like to facilitate a sharing of experience followed by improved and more widespread environmental monitoring efforts on the part of cruise ships. The changes in the environment are due to increasing temperatures. Sea ice is decreasing, human activities are increasing, wildlife is affected, etc. Such changes have global and regional implications. Moreover, these changes have a severe impact on people’s living conditions in the Arctic. To ensure sustainable development in the Arctic, we need to accumulate more knowledge on its climate and environment. The large expanse of the Arctic and the many remote parts that are rarely visited by scientists or anybody at all is a challenge for environmental monitoring. Cruise ships are regularly reaching otherwise rarely visited places. Tour guides and passengers can contribute meaningfully to environmental monitoring in the Arctic. Some cruise operators are already participating in environmental monitoring. It may be possible to learn from existing efforts, build on these and extend the participatory monitoring to even more cruises. Cruise expeditions have the potential to support environmental protection efforts by obtaining information that can help scientists conduct conservation research and provide a better basis for management decisions. Representatives from cruise operators, citizen science programs, local government, local scientists and INTAROS met to discuss and develop a Cruise Expeditions Monitoring Program. The main focus was on working towards agreeing on simple methods that can be used alongside the normal cruise activities at sea and on land, and which can be reported on, as far as possible, by using the same format. Such approaches can be meaningful to all involved and may make the cruises an even richer experience for both guides and guests. The long term objective is the better management of climate challenges, wildlife and cultural sites. The guests and guides will see the importance of their observations and will feel that they are making a contribution to the environment. The cruise operators will get a say when it comes to selecting appropriate management interventions that do not harm their operations unnecessarily. The researchers will obtain data and information, and decision-makers will be able to enter into a dialogue with cruise operators and obtain stronger evidence for management decisions. The monitoring may include observations from guides and guests, photographs, or the taking of water, ice or soil samples for later analysis by scientists, etc. The cruise operators will own the monitoring program and the resulting data but this will be shared widely as long as ownership is recognized. The receivers of the data, samples and reports may include cruise guests, cruise guides, relevant databases, conservation organizations and research institutions, as well as the authorities responsible for recommending or deciding on management actions. The workshop is the fifth INTAROS CBM Workshop. The earlier workshops were held in Fairbanks, Alaska (May 11, 2017), in the Russian communities of Komi and Zhigansk (September 2017 and 2018), and in Québec City, Québec, Canada (December 11-12, 2017).en_US
dc.description.refereedNon Refereeden_US
dc.publisher.placeBergen, Norwayen_US
dc.description.currentstatusCurrenten_US
dc.description.sdg3en_US
dc.description.sdg14en_US
dc.description.sdg17en_US
dc.description.eovSea iceen_US
dc.description.eovMarine turtles, birds, mammals abundance and distributionen_US
dc.description.bptypeTraining and Educational Materialen_US
dc.description.bptypeManual (incl. handbook, guide, cookbook etc)
obps.contact.contactname0000-0002-2341-149X
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttp://www.intaros.eu/en_US


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