Conservation of Arctic Flora & Fauna (CAFF)

Consequently when the International Working Group for the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) met at its inaugural meeting in 1992, it included Arctic habitat conservation as a priority in its Work Plan. Norway, on behalf of the eight Arctic countries, accepted the task of examining the current status of habitat protection within the Arctic countries as the first phase of CAFF's long-term strategy on habitat.

This datasets holds data concerning existing protected areas in the Arctic.