Publication Date:
2023-07-11
Description:
Permafrost-agroecosystems encompass northern social-ecological systems which include both
cultivation of arable permafrost-affected soils, and animal husbandry practices. These heterogeneous
food and cultural systems are being affected by a warming climate. Examples include increasing
opportunities for growing crops through longer growing seasons, as well as impacts on animals’
local and long-distance migratory movements and their food sources. Furthermore, climate
change driven permafrost thaw and thaw accelerated by land clearance is rapidly changing the
biophysical and socioeconomic aspects of these systems. Therefore, an international collaboration
encompassing experts from North America, Europe and Asia is working on increasing our
understanding of permafrost-agroecosystems and contributing to the adaptation, resilience, and
sustainability strategy of these rapidly evolving systems.
The International Permafrost Association Permafrost-Agroecosystem Action Group is composed of
~30 members from 7 countries. The objectives of our action group are to share knowledge and
build networking capacities through meetings and webinar presentation as well as to collaborate
on publications and produce the first geospatial dataset of permafrost-agroecosystems. Our poster
presentation provides an overview of the group’s activities including providing case studies from a
range of high-latitude and high-altitude areas as part of a group manuscript in preparation and an
update on our mapping activities.
Repository Name:
EPIC Alfred Wegener Institut
Type:
Conference
,
NonPeerReviewed
Format:
application/pdf
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