PAME-skrifstofan á Íslandi

PAME is one of six Arctic Council working groups. PAME was first established under the 1991 Arctic Environmental Protection Strategyand was continued by the 1996 Ottawa Charter that established the Arctic Council.

PAME is the focal point of the Arctic Council’s activities related to the protection and sustainable use of the Arctic marine environment and provides a unique forum for collaboration on a wide range of activities in this regard. PAME’s mandate is to address policy and non-emergency pollution prevention and control measures related to the protection of the Arctic marine and environment from both land and sea-based activities. These measures include coordinated strategic plans as well as developing programs, assessments and guidelines, within the following main themes:
• Arctic Shipping
• Marine Protected Areas
• Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas
• Ecosystem Approach to Management
• Arctic Marine Strategic Plan 2015-2025

PAME carries out activities as set out in bi-annual work plans approved by the Arctic Council on the recommendation of the Senior Arctic Officials. These activities led by PAME include circumpolar and regional action programmes and guidelines complementing existing legal arrangements aimed at protection of the Arctic marine environment from both land and sea-based activities. PAME works in close collaboration with the other five Arctic Council Working Groups.