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International Permafrost Association www.permafrost.or IPA activities 2014 Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research International Permafrost Association Photo: Torre Jorgenson

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IPA activities 2014IPA activities 2014

Hans-Wolfgang HubbertenAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

International Permafrost Association

Hans-Wolfgang HubbertenAlfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research

International Permafrost Association

Photo: Torre Jorgenson

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Global Terrestrial Network for PermafrostGlobal Terrestrial Network for Permafrost 850 boreholes 350 drilled during the IPY > 150 active layer sites

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Global Terrestrial Network for PermafrostGlobal Terrestrial Network for Permafrost Strategy and

Implementation Plan endorsed by GCOS in 2013

Kick-Off workshop at WMO in May 2013

Data Management System funded by PAGE 21 and to be launched for EUCOP 4

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GTN-P Data Management SystemGTN-P Data Management System

B. Biskaborn, J.P. Lanckman, H. Lantuit

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ICARP III PermafrostICARP III Permafrost Visioning exercise for the

permafrost community– Core group: H. Lantuit (GER),

M. Allard (CAN), M. Johansson (SWE), G. Kraev (RUS), M. Krautblatter (GER), G. Krinner (FRA), E. Schuur (USA)

Coordinated by IPA & CliC White paper to be released

in 2015 for ICARP III conference

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IPA Action groupsIPA Action groups New northern circumpolar soil carbon database

(NCSCD): G. Hugelius. Publication in ESSD with new numbers on the soil organic carbon pool

New LGM map of permafrost: J. Vandenberghe. To come in 2014

New subsea permafrost map: P. Overduin. First workshop to be held at EUCOP4 in Evora, Portugal

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New permafrost mapNew permafrost map Group chaired by S. Gruber (CAN) tasked with setting

the framework for the creation of a new permafrost map.

First meeting to be held in 2014. New map to be released after 2016.

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Education & Outreach Standing CommitteeEducation & Outreach Standing Committee Chaired by K. Yoshikawa (USA) Frost tubes installed in schools throughout the Arctic

to monitor permafrost Partnership with University of the Arctic on

operating a database on permafrost courses Early career researcher workshop (ca. 100

participants) in Evora in partnership with PYRN, APECS, PAGE21, ADAPT, CliC and the Bolin Centre.

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Other activitiesOther activities ICARP III workshop on

Permafrost and land use (O. Habeck) at the ASSW in April 2014

UNEP report published in late 2012– Recommendation: „Create

National Permafrost Monitoring Networks”

ICOP Conference in Potsdam, 20-24 June 2016

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