Shark Team One's Arctic Biodiversity Resilience Program:
• Saves Arctic wildlife through research, advocacy and citizen science
• Trains stakeholders and students in ecology, conservation practices, marine biology and field research
• Saves endangered and threatened species through policy, preservation of local traditions,
education and technology
"Over the past three decades, the Arctic Ocean has lost an area of sea ice equivalent to the provinces of Manitoba and Quebec combined, making the Arctic more accessible to commercial activities such as shipping, fisheries, tourism, and mining. A better understanding of this region will be critical as climate change continues to result in the dramatic declines in sea ice."
-Fisheries and Oceans Canada
"We are working with communities of the Arctic to protect biodiversity by creating advocacy, integrating citizen science and advanced technologies. By helping stakeholders protect wildlife and resources we can build climate resilience." - Angela Smith, Shark Team One
Marine bioregions could open up to commercial fishing, increased shipping traffic, land and sea claims by far-reaching counties and other damaging environmental impacts as the Arctic's sea ice melts. We must act now!
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Combining Citizen Science and Technology to Conserve Endangered Wildlife,
Preserve Biodiversity and Help Fight Climate Change:
Supporting Monitoring, Policy Advancement, Research, Capacity Building and Further Protections Within:
Tallurutiup Imaga National Marine Conservation Area and Tuvaijuittuq Marine Protected Area
"Climate resilience and protection of biodiversity will be key to help save one of the world's most important migration corridors and the Arctic's "Last Ice Area"." - Angela Smith, Shark Team One
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Map credits: CanGeo Media Library, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, National Snow and Ice Data Center.
Photo credits: Shark Team One or partner. Each entity & artist holds copyright.
Art piece © Dawn Oman Inuit Art & student drawing © Qikiqtani Schools.
Photo credits: Shark Team One or partner. Each entity & artist holds copyright.
Art piece © Dawn Oman Inuit Art & student drawing © Qikiqtani Schools.