2006 CARMA Workshop
November 28-30, 2006
Vancouver, B.C.
Workshop proceedings
The proceedings will be posted soon -- stay tuned.
Presentations
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- CARMA -- a quick overview (1.9 MB)
- CARMA activities over the past year (218 K)
- International Polar Year Project #162 -- Starting the clock for the CARMA Network: Impacts on human/Rangifer systems in the CircumArctic (965 K)
- Coordinated monitoring of Rangifer health and body condition (545 K)
- Data management pilot project (48 K)
- Satellite retrieval of snow cover properties in northern Canada (1.9 MB)
- Assessing the impacts of climate change on caribou habitats in North America using remote sensing data (4.5 MB)
- Linking caribou and climate (2.5 MB)
- Come judgement day (2.7 MB)
Agenda
DAY 1
BREAKFAST
- Introductions
- Overview of CARMA
- Activities over the last year
- The Canadian CARMA International Polar Year (IPY) proposal
- Other CARMA related IPY proposals
BREAK
- Overview of what ongoing or “routine” management will most likely be done over the next 3 years
LUNCH
- Progress and presentation of protocols on health and body condition
- Data management pilot project
END OF DAY SUMMARY
DAY 2
BREAKFAST
- Remote sensing pilot project – Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (NRCAN) and Climate Research Division (EC). Brief presentation and discussion on data exchange across the circumpolar and concept for a pilot project proposal.
BREAK
- Local observations and human dimensions – define a clear role for local communities and co-management boards
LUNCH
- Assessment and /or synthesis: integrating local observations and physical/biological science approaches to observation/monitoring of indicators and moving from monitoring to vulnerability assessment.
END OF DAY SUMMARY
DAY 3
BREAKFAST
- Revisit roles and responsibilities within CARMA – how do we ensure maximum cooperation among all the disparate projects?
BREAK
- Wrap up
NOON – end of meeting