Findings through the Arctic Species Trend Index (ASPI) reflect a decline of 26% in species populations in high arctic regions. The most current edition of the ASPI report will be presented at the State of the Arctic conference in Miami, Florida and it will be made available on the internet after March 17, 2010 at www.asti.is

The first major international project hosted by the Russian Geological Survey (RGS) will be held in Moscow, Russia on April 22-23 2010. For detailed information about the event click here

Tuesday - Friday, 16-19 March 2010 Miami, FloridaThe State of the Arctic will be a milestone for arctic science by providing an open international forum to review the current knowledge of the arctic system in a time of rapid environmental change and point to future research, resource management, and policy directions.

The workshop, held in Rovaniemi, Finland in March 8-10th, brought together the Arctic organizations working on metadata, electronic libraries and online learning. The goal was to share knowledge, discuss and find possible synergies and forms of co-operation that will benefit all.

The Faculty of Geology and Survey, and the “Mineral raw material resources and evaluation technologies” Research Educational Center invite undergraduate and post-graduate students to join Summer Geological School.

The Winter 2009/2010 issue of Witness the Arctic has been published online and is available online.

Scientific, social, cultural and educational challenges With forewords by HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco and the UNESCO Director-General, t his title is now available.

The Organizing Committee invites to take part in the International Conference “Professional Education, 21st Century» which will be hosted by Taymyr College in Dudinka on April 1-5, 2010. (Address: Krasnoyarsky Krai, Dudinka, Shors Street, 25)

Northern Notes is the newsletter of the International Arctic Social Sciences Association, IASSA. It is published on the web by the IASSA secretariat twice a year with a Spring/Summer and a Fall/Winter issue, and is available to all web users.

The 1st EU–Russia Innovation Forum will be held on the 25 – 27th of May 2010 in the City of Lappeenranta, Finland. With the strong support of the Prime Minister of Finland and key innovation policy makers and stakeholders, the Forum will be the first high level innovation event between the EU and Russia.

Emilia Mariaana Battersby grew up in Worthing, on the South coast of England. With Finnish roots on her Mother’s side, she had many opportunities over the past 24 years to travel to Finland. Upon arriving to Rovaniemi in September, to begin the Arctic Studies Program, she was stunned by the beauty of autumn.

    Jacinthe Briand-racine from Montreal studies social anthropology at Laval University in Quebec City. In her third year she thought it would be a good experience to travel somewhere throughout her studies. With an interest in the Inuit of Northern Canada she thought it would be a good idea to seek a program which helped he...

On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 the UArctic Office of Undergraduate Studies hosted a first of its kind “Open Invitation” for all UArctic Russian member institutions and non-member institutions to attend a Circumpolar Studies Information Meeting. The meeting took place in Saint Petersburg, Russia at the State Polar Academy.

The International Polar Year Publications Database (IPYPD) currently describes 2,900 publications, and provides links to PDF files of most of them. If you are working on an IPY project, please report your project's publications to the IPYPD.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) recently released a new program solicitation (NSF 10-54) seeking Phase I proposals for the Climate Change Education Partnership (CCEP) program. Over the next several weeks, NSF will be offering three voluntary webinars to help prospective Principal Investigators better understand the requ...