PAME - Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
- Category: Working Groups
- Published on 15 April 2011
PAME website: www.pame.is
Current chairmanship:
IcelandContact:
Chair
Magnús Jóhannesson
Secretary General
Ministry for the Environment
Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel: + 354 345 8600
Fax: +354 562 4566
Email:
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Vice chair
Elizabeth S. McLanahan
International Affairs Specialist
Office of International Affairs
NOAA
E-mail:
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+1 202 482 5140
Fax: +1 202 482 4307
Soffia Gudmundsdottir
PAME Secretariat
E-mail:
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+354 461 1355
+354 863 8576
Fax: +354 462 3390
Secretariat location: Akureyri, Iceland
The PAME Working Group's activities are directed towards protection of the Arctic marine environment. Increased economic activity and significant changes due to climatic processes are resulting in increased use, opportunities and threats to the Arctic marine and coastal environments. These predicted changes require more integrated approaches to address both existing and emerging challenges of the Arctic marine and coastal environments.
PAME's mandate is to address policy and non-emergency pollution prevention and control measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine environment from both land and sea-based activities. These include coordinated action programmes and guidelines complementing existing legal arrangements.
Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment
