Biodiversity loss in the Arctic Ocean | online
Organised by the Arctic Youth Ocean and the Arctic Youth Network
11 September 2025, 16:00 GMT | online
Biodiversity loss in the Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Youth Oceans (AYO) network is hosting a new series of online events in 2025. Each event will ask one big question: “Why care?”
This event focuses on marine biodiversity. It will feature a roundtable discussion with Arctic and Indigenous youth, researchers, industry experts, and other stakeholders. After the debate, the audience will be invited to join the conversation.
Keynote speaker
- David N. Thomas: Professor of Arctic Ecosystem Research in the University of Helsinki
- Sebastian Heinrich Kopf (moderator): Advisor at the Norwegian Institute for Water Research
Arctic Indigenous Youth panelists
- Miyuki Daorana: Inuit and Japanese, is an Indigenous Anthropologist
- Priscilla Frankson : Iñupiaq scholar recently graduated from ASU
The series will explore four key issues:
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Biodiversity loss
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Marine pollution
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Climate change
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Governance & coastal communities
IPBES recognizes and respects the contributions of Indigenous and local knowledge to the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Check IPBES work with Indigenous and local knowledge here
Photo by Jonatan Pie on Unsplash: Arctic Fox (Vulpes lagopus) blending into the snowy Arctic landscape