INNOVATING USER-DRIVEN ARCTIC EUROGEO SERVICES
Leads: Tero Mustonen, Snowchange and Johanna Roto, Snowchange
New Arctic services
Following priorities established by Arctic Council, its Working Groups, the Arctic Science Ministerials, and the Arctic Observing Summit, we are developing eight new Arctic Services (AS):
- AS-1: Arctic Service ‘Event Database of CBM Using Oral Histories, Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge’
- AS-2: Pan-Arctic requirements-driven Permafrost Service (ALEX)
- AS-3: State of the Arctic Environment’ service
- AS-4: Integrated Fire Risk Management (INFRA)’ Service
- AS-5: Local Atmospheric Pollutant Forecast’ Service (AURORAE)
- AS-6: Improving Safety for Shipping in the Polar Seas’ Service (POLARIS)
- AS-7: CBM for Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution & impacts on marine living resources’
- AS-8: Lake Ice Service for Arctic Climate and Safety (LIS)
Each Service has its own objectives, milestones and deliverables, but collectively they aim:
- To establish user-demanded Services that have high societal and economic benefit
- To ensure Services are developed and implemented through the co-creation approach
- To safeguard user-relevance through a process of rolling reviews
- To provide easy access through web-based portals information provided by these Services
- To enhance sustainability through the production of a business model for each Service (with Work Package 5)
The Arctic Services (AS) provide information in areas of societal and economic relevance that are presently inadequately served: food security (AS-1, AS-2, AS-6, AS-7), emergency preparedness (AS-2, AS-4, AS-5, AS-6, AS-8), wildfire and pollution risk reduction (AS-4, AS-5, AS-7), environmental change information (AS-1, AS-3, AS-8), and infrastructure, transport, and safe shipping (AS-2, AS-6, AS-8).
Co-design and co-production of these services with end-users ensure their relevance, and free access to the Arctic Services empowers users to make knowledge-based decisions in support of a prosperous, sustainable, and environmentally secure Arctic. Access to the Arctic Services will be via our ‘Arctic Window’ site.
the Arctic Seas portal
Work Package 4 is contributing to the Arctic Seas Portal developed by the non-profit Snowchange Cooperative, a network of Indigenous communities around the north. The portal provides information about Indigenous Communities and ecology of the Northern Waters.
News highlights
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Oct, 24Major Northern Indigenous Hub and Databases launched, documenting observations and knowledge of the Arctic
A major northern indigenous hub and Event Databases have been launched, documenting observations and knowledge about the Arctic. This will allow for a broader understanding of cha… Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 23 Aug 24
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Jun, 24Arctic PASSION Innovation Exhibition
Arctic PASSION hosted an Innovation Exhibition at our 2024 General Assembly in Inari/Aanaar, Finland in June Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 25 Jun 24
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Dec, 23Permafrost field work and consultations on the Arctic Landscape EXplorer (ALEX) in Western Alaska
A firsthand account of permafrost fieldwork in Alaska by Alfred Wegener Institute's Tillmann Lübker Read More- by: Tillmann Lübker
- Updated: 12 Dec 23
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Oct, 23Introducing Arctic PASSION's Lake Ice Service
The Finnish Environment Institute's Kirsikka Heinilä introduces the Lake Ice Service, developed for the general public who need to know lake ice extent and conditions. Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 27 Oct 23
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Oct, 23Collaborating with local hunters in Qaanaaq, Greenland
Watch interviews on collaborating with local hunters in Qaanaaq, Greenland for Community Based Monitoring for Arctic marine climate change, noise pollution & impacts on marine liv… Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 26 Oct 23
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Oct, 23Neriulluarput naak suleqatigiinneq unammillernaraluartoq - Remaining hopeful despite co-production challenges
An interview with Nuunoq Per Ole Frederiksen on the limitations and struggles faced by local communities in the Arctic resource management. Read More- by: Olivia Rempel, …
- Updated: 07 Sep 23
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Jul, 23First deployment of heavy recording equipment with the aid of Inuit dog sledge teams
Read about the springtime deployment of sound recorders during the fieldwork in Qaanaaq in April. Read More- by: Malene Simon …
- Updated: 31 Jul 23
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May, 23Indigenous Knowledge is a treasure chest for Arctic partnerships
Tero Mustonen, a researcher at Snowchange Cooperative and recent winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, explains Arctic PASSION's work on community-based monitoring, co-creati… Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 04 May 23
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Jan, 23Good advice on the co-production of knowledge
Advice from Margaret Rudolf, Indigenous Liason for the RNA CoObs project, on best practices for the co-production of knowledge. Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 10 Jan 23
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Nov, 22Lake Ice Service for Arctic Climate and Safety
Arctic PASSION’s lake ice service provides near real-time information about the ice conditions of freshwater lakes in the Arctic. Photo: Riku Lumiaro, SYKE Read More- by: Kirsikka Heinilä
- Updated: 04 Nov 22
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Oct, 22President of Saami Council's advice on co-production of scientific research
In this 9.5-minute interview, Aslak Holmberg, President of the Saami Council, discusses challenges for the Saami Council in 2022; what a good collaboration with the Saami Council … Read More- by: Sabrina Heerema
- Updated: 12 Oct 22
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Aug, 21Busy Summer for the Arctic Passion Pilot Services
Since the inception of Arctic PASSION on 1 July, its Pilot Service 1 Team has been fully active, meeting local communities across the Arctic. Read More- by: Tero Mustonen, …
- Updated: 04 Aug 21