1. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 Morten Rasch 1 and Terry Callaghan 2 5 th GEO European Projects’ Workshop London, 9 February 2011 1 National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark 2 The Swedish Royal Academy of Science, Sweden

2. www.scannet.nu INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

3. Zackenberg Zackenberg Research Station Terrestrial facility at Zackenberg Marine facility at Daneborg

4. Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring Zackenberg Ecological Research Operations Nuuk Ecological Research Operations

5. www.scannet.nu SCANNET 2001 – 9 sites Litla-Skard Sornfelli Banchory Dovre Abisko Kevo Kilipisjärvi Ny Ålesund Zackenbergwww.scannet.nu INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

6. www.scannet.nu SCANNET/INTERACT 2010 – 34 sites INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

7. Main objective: INTERACT will build capacity for identifying, understanding, predicting and responding to diverse environmental changes throughout the wide environmental and land-use envelopes of the Arctic. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

8. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 The environmental envelope of INTERACT INTERACT Stations 1.Chokurdakh 2.Bylot Island 3.Samoylov 4.Point Barrow 5.Spasskaya Pad 6.Zackenberg 7.Ward Hund Island 8.Toolik Lake 9.Sverdrup 10.Salluit 11.Nymto Park Station 12.Lac á L’eau Claire 13.Ny Aalesund 14.Boniface River 15.Whapmagoostui –Kuuijjuarapik 16.Tarfala 17.Kluane Lake 18.Arctic Station 19.Umiujaq 20.Vindelfjällen 21.Kilpisjärvi 22.Finse 23.Sermilik Station 24.Kevo 25.Mukhrino Field Station 26.Radisson 27.Svanhovd 28.Kolari 29.Oulanka 30.Khibiny 31.Abisko 32.Sornfelli 33.Litla Skard 34.Cairgorms

9. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 The environmental envelope of INTERACT INTERACT Stations 1.Chokurdakh 2.Bylot Island 3.Samoylov 4.Point Barrow 5.Spasskaya Pad 6.Zackenberg 7.Ward Hund Island 8.Toolik Lake 9.Sverdrup 10.Salluit 11.Nymto Park Station 12.Lac á L’eau Claire 13.Ny Aalesund 14.Boniface River 15.Whapmagoostui –Kuuijjuarapik 16.Tarfala 17.Kluane Lake 18.Arctic Station 19.Umiujaq 20.Vindelfjällen 21.Kilpisjärvi 22.Finse 23.Sermilik Station 24.Kevo 25.Mukhrino Field Station 26.Radisson 27.Svanhovd 28.Kolari 29.Oulanka 30.Khibiny 31.Abisko 32.Sornfelli 33.Litla Skard 34.Cairgorms Zackenberg, now

10. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 The environmental envelope of INTERACT INTERACT Stations 1.Chokurdakh 2.Bylot Island 3.Samoylov 4.Point Barrow 5.Spasskaya Pad 6.Zackenberg 7.Ward Hund Island 8.Toolik Lake 9.Sverdrup 10.Salluit 11.Nymto Park Station 12.Lac á L’eau Claire 13.Ny Aalesund 14.Boniface River 15.Whapmagoostui –Kuuijjuarapik 16.Tarfala 17.Kluane Lake 18.Arctic Station 19.Umiujaq 20.Vindelfjällen 21.Kilpisjärvi 22.Finse 23.Sermilik Station 24.Kevo 25.Mukhrino Field Station 26.Radisson 27.Svanhovd 28.Kolari 29.Oulanka 30.Khibiny 31.Abisko 32.Sornfelli 33.Litla Skard 34.Cairgorms Zackenberg, now Zackenberg, future Temperature increase of 8 ˚C Doubling of precipitation

11. Workpackages: Workpackage 1: Management and coordination (KVA) Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI) Workpackage 3: International cooperation (NERI) Workpackage 4: Transnational Access (UOULO) Workpackage 5: Virtual Instrumentation (ITU) Workpackage 6: Up-grading, extending and integrating measurements of feedback mechanisms from terrestrial environments in a changing climate (LU) Workpackage 7: Data management (SLU) Workpackage 8: Interaction with stakeholders, incl. outreach (NERC) INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

12. Workpackages: Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI) Task 2.1: Establish and coordinate a Station Managers' Forum (Leading Partner: NERI) Task 2.2: Coordinate monitoring and research between sites (Leading Partner: NERI) Task 2.3: Catalogue characteristics and capabilities of INTERACT sites (Leading Partner: AWI) Task 2.4: Establish best practices of station management (Leading Partner: NERI) Task 2.5: Interaction with the local and international stakeholder communities (Leading Partner: FINI) INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

13. Workpackages: Workpackage 1: Management and coordination (KVA) Workpackage 2: Station Managers Forum (NERI) Workpackage 3: International cooperation (NERI) Workpackage 4: Transnational Access (UOULO) Workpackage 5: Virtual Instrumentation (ITU) Workpackage 6: Up-grading, extending and integrating measurements of feedback mechanisms from terrestrial environments in a changing climate (LU) Workpackage 7: Data management (SLU) Workpackage 8: Interaction with stakeholders, incl. outreach (NERC) INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010

14. Partners: 1. The Swedish Royal Academy of Science, Sweden 2. National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark 3. University of Oulu, Finland 4. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden 5. Lund University, Sweden 6. IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark 7. Faroe Islands Nature Investigation, Faroe Islands 8. CLU ltd, Italy 9. Stockholm University, Sweden 10. University of Turku, Finland 11. University of Helsinki, Helsinki 12. Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland 13. Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 14. Dept of Geography and Geology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 15. Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Greenland 16. University of Oslo, Norway INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 16. University of Oslo, Norway 17. Norwegian Inst for Agriculture and Env. Research, Norway 18. Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway 19. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, United Kingdom 20. Agricultural University of Iceland, Iceland 21. Yugra State University, Russia 22. Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, Russia 23. Geography Department, Moscow State University, Russia 24. Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Germany 25. University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA 26. Uppsala University, Sweden 27. Research and Innovation Centre in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, Greece 28. Centre for Northern Studies, Canada 29. University of Alberta, Canada 30. Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme, Norway 31. International Arctic Science Committee, Germany 32. World Wide Fund For Nature, Norway

15. INTERACT International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010 Management structure:

16. Thank You