Youth For Arctic Nature
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      • Arctic poppy
      • Cow parsley
      • Mountain avens
      • Nootka lupin
      • Purple saxifrage
      • Reindeer lichen
    • Land mammals >
      • Carnivores >
        • American mink
        • Arctic fox
        • Red fox
      • Herbivores >
        • Reindeer
        • Muskox
      • Insectivores
    • Marine mammals >
      • Seals and Bears >
        • Harbor seal
        • Polar bear
        • Ringed seal
      • Whales and Dolphins >
        • Humpback whale
        • Minke whale
        • Orca
    • Birds >
      • Birds of prey >
        • Gyrfalcon
        • Snowy owl
        • White-tailed eagle
      • Land birds >
        • Rock ptarmigan
        • Rock pigeon
        • Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
      • Passerines >
        • Common raven
        • European starling
        • Snow bunting
      • Sea birds >
        • Atlantic puffin
        • Great cormorant
        • Northern fulmar
      • Seagulls >
        • Black-legged kittiwake
        • Arctic tern
        • Arctic skua
      • Waders >
        • Eurasian oystercatcher
        • Common ringed plover
        • Purple sandpiper
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Local Nature

What to look at in Arctic nature?

There so much biodiversity in the Arctic, but we want to focus on parts of Arctic nature that can be found and compared in multiple regions. We decided to classify species in the following categories. Click on them to learn more!
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Marine invertebrates
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Insects
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What part of the Arctic are we focusing on?

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The Arctic is a big place! Because the project centers on groups from the East Atlantic Arctic, we will be presenting only species of flora and fauna present in at least one of the following countries or regions:
  • Greenland
  • Iceland
  • The Faroe Islands
  • Svalbard
  • Coastal Norway
  • Finland

Click any of the categories to learn more

For each of them, we have suggested a few species that would be interesting to look at based on criteria such as
  • Presence in different arctic regions (we focus especially on Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Svalbard, Norway, Iceland and Finland)
  • Vulnerability (species that need monitoring because they are sensitive or endangered)
  • Recent colonization or invasiveness (species that are new in some arctic areas and/or take over habitats)
  • Ease of monitoring (species that are easy to spot because of abundance, behavior, or size)
  • Interesting characteristics and behaviors
We also included tips on how to observe and monitor these species in the wild.

If there are any species that you think should be included in this information, please contact us.

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"Arctic map, political" by GRIDArendal is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
PARTNERS

Project collaborators in Iceland

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Made possible with support from

The Icelandic Climate Fund (2020-2021)
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The North Atlantic Cooperation (2021-2023)
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  • Home
  • Goals
  • Local Nature
    • Flora >
      • Arctic poppy
      • Cow parsley
      • Mountain avens
      • Nootka lupin
      • Purple saxifrage
      • Reindeer lichen
    • Land mammals >
      • Carnivores >
        • American mink
        • Arctic fox
        • Red fox
      • Herbivores >
        • Reindeer
        • Muskox
      • Insectivores
    • Marine mammals >
      • Seals and Bears >
        • Harbor seal
        • Polar bear
        • Ringed seal
      • Whales and Dolphins >
        • Humpback whale
        • Minke whale
        • Orca
    • Birds >
      • Birds of prey >
        • Gyrfalcon
        • Snowy owl
        • White-tailed eagle
      • Land birds >
        • Rock ptarmigan
        • Rock pigeon
        • Eurasian three-toed woodpecker
      • Passerines >
        • Common raven
        • European starling
        • Snow bunting
      • Sea birds >
        • Atlantic puffin
        • Great cormorant
        • Northern fulmar
      • Seagulls >
        • Black-legged kittiwake
        • Arctic tern
        • Arctic skua
      • Waders >
        • Eurasian oystercatcher
        • Common ringed plover
        • Purple sandpiper
  • News
  • Contact us