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Regional Action Plan on Marine Litter: Implementation
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Projects
Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (MOSPA)
Maintaining and updating the operational guidelines of MOSPA.
Factsheet
Preventing and Responding to Oil Spills in the Arctic
2021
Arctic Guardian joint table-top exercise - After Action Report
2019
Planning Guidance For MOSPA Exercises
2018
Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness And Response In the Arctic (MOSPA) 2018 Table-Top Exercise After Action Report
2016
After-Action Report 2016; Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (MOSPA) Table Top Exercise
EPPR and Arctic Coast Guard Forum Hold Joint Exercise to Improve Arctic Maritime Emergency Response
The online Arctic Guardian 2021 exercise will enhance circumpolar collaboration in the event of a marine search and rescue or oil spill incident in the Arctic
09 Apr 2021
Preparing for an Arctic emergency with EPPR and the Arctic Coast Guard Forum
The Council’s EPPR Working Group and Arctic Coast Guard Forum are working together to make the Arctic a safer place through coordinated emergency preparedness. Their late...
09 Dec 2020
Put into reality: EPPR looks into the VIKING SKY incident
At its first Working Group meeting during the Icelandic Chairmanship, the Emergency Prevention, Preparedness and Response (EPPR) Working Group held a workshop on the VIKI...
22 Aug 2019
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Lead Working Groups
EPPR
Lead Arctic States & Permanent Participants
Norway
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Start - End
2017 - 2019
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Arctic Biodiversity Data Service
Indigenous Youth, Food Knowledge and Arctic Change (EALLU)
Agreement on Cooperation on Marine Oil Pollution Preparedness and Response (MOSPA)
The Arctic Wildland Fire Ecology Mapping and Monitoring Project (ArcticFIRE)