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AHDR

The Arctic Human Development Report (AHDR ) is a comprehensive assessment of human well-being covering the entire Arctic region. The report contains 11 substantive chapters, an introduction, a conclusion and a Summary of Major Findings, based on contributions from some 90 scientists located in all the member states of the Arctic Council. All the contents of the report are available online.

ArcticStat

ArcticStat is a permanent, public and independent statistical database dealing with the countries, regions and populations of the Circumpolar Arctic. ArcticStat database is a portal that takes users directly to the table they are looking for, whether it is located on the web site of a statistics agency or in the ArcticStat database.

EALÁT

EALÁT is a Reindeer Herders Vulnerability Network Study and is a project that examines reindeer pastoralism in the light of climate change, in particular, on the integration of reindeer herders' knowledge in the study and analysis of their ability to adapt to environmental variability and change.

IASSA

International Arctic Social Sciences Association (IASSA) was founded in 1990 in Fairbanks, Alaska, at a meeting held in conjunction with the 7th Inuit Studies Conference. The creation of IASSA follows the suggestion, made at the Conference on Coordination of Research in the Arctic held in Leningrad in 1988, to establish an international association to represent Arctic social scientists.The Arctic is defined as all Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of the world. The social sciences encompass disciplines relating to behavioral, psychological, cultural, anthropological, archaeological, linguistic, historical, social, legal, economic, environmental, and political subjects, as well as health, education, the arts and humanities, and related subjects.

Nordregio

Nordregio is a European centre for research, education and documentation on spatial development, established by the Nordic Council of Ministers. Nordregio´s goal is to develop and communicate relevant knowledge to authorities within regional development and planning in the Nordic countries.

NRF

nrflogo The Northern Research Forum (NRF) provides a platform for effective, policy-relevant discussion and the sharing of research on northern issues. Meetings are held biennially with the participation of a wide variety of scientists, policy makers and representatives of other stakeholders.

SLICA

The Survey of Living Conditions in the Arctic, or SLiCA, is an international joint effort of research and indigenous people to measure and understand living conditions in the Arctic. This website is intended to promote the use and understanding of SLiCA data.

The Arctic Is

The Arctic Is, is a web resource on human-environment relationship in the Arctic.The Arctic Is web site, provides a new perspective on the Arctic region and the critical issues facing it today. The articles in this site are arranged into general overviews, more specific Topics, and illustrative Case Studies. The site is availible in English, German, French, Danish and Icelandic.