WWF issued its Arctic Council Conservation Scorecard, the first-ever assessment of national and joint implementation of Arctic Council commitments related to biodiversity and conservation. The scorecard corresponds to the long-year efforts of Arctic states to pursue conservation regarding safeguard efforts of the Arctic environment, through the Arctic Council (AC).
The scorecard looks at the extent to which:
- The Arctic states implemented endorsed Arctic Council direction within their respective national realms, and
- The Arctic Council delivered agreed upon commitments through its own work.
The assessment was conducted based on the particular subject areas:
- Conservation Areas
- Biodiversity
- Shipping
- Cooperation on Oil Spill Prevention, Preparedness and Response
- Black Carbon and Adaptation
- Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM)
WWF noted that the Arctic states mostly failed to implement satisfying policies in the fields of shipping, conservation areas, biodiversity and ecosystem-based management. However, they have successfully established an administrative system for oil spill response -although concerns remain about a lack of on-the-ground capacity and infrastructure,- as well as for black carbon adaptation.
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