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Lords Arctic Committee, WWF, Fish, Wildlife

WWF and EU questioned about Arctic wildlife and fish stocks

4 November 2014

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The House of Lords Committee on the Arctic will next week take evidence from the World Wildlife Fund on the situation of wildlife in the Arctic and threats to Arctic biodiversity.

The evidence sessions will start at 10:40am on Tuesday 4 November in Committee Room 4A of the House of Lords.

Witnesses

At 10.40 am

  • Martin Sommerkorn, Head of Conservation, WWF Global Arctic Programme
  • Rod Downie, Polar Programme Manager, WWF-UK

At 11.40 am

  • Matthew King from the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Directorate General, European Commission

Areas of discussion

  • The areas of biodiversity in the Arctic that merit particular protection.
  • WWF’s role as the only circumpolar environmental NGO with observer status at the Arctic Council.
  • How the WWF works with indigenous peoples to meet its conservation aims. 
  • How climate change is affecting fish stocks in the Arctic.
  • How Arctic fisheries should be managed and how any new regulations could be enforced as the ice retreats and fish populations move.
  • The wider policy of the EU towards the Arctic.

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