Long-Term Ecosystem and Biodiversity Monitoring in the Qamanirjuaq Caribou Calving Grounds, Kivalliq Region, Nunavut

The Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment recognizes the need to increase research capacity and productivity, including work related to wildlife population trends, species interactions, and research relatingto the effects of anthropogenic (e.g., economic development) and natural disturbance regimes (e.g., climate change) on wildlife species and their habitat. The Department recognizes that a major challenge for management of wildlife in Nunavut will be to mitigate cumulative landscape impacts. This will be particularly important for critical areas, such as calving grounds, den sites, feeding grounds, migration routes and molting areas, and implies conserving important habitats at scales that preserve functional connectivity, ecosystem resilience and facilitates adaptation to climate change.

努纳武特政府环境部（Government of Nunavut, Department of Environment）认识到，亟需提升科研能力与研究产出，研究范畴涵盖野生动物种群动态、物种间相互作用，以及探究人为（anthropogenic）活动（如经济开发）与自然干扰机制（如气候变化）对野生动物及其栖息地的影响等方向。该部同时指出，努纳武特地区野生动物管理面临的核心挑战之一，是缓解景观累积干扰效应。此类工作对于产仔场、巢穴栖息点、觅食场、迁徙通道与换毛换羽区等关键区域尤为重要，其核心要义在于在保障生态功能连通性、维持生态系统韧性的空间尺度下保护重要栖息地，并助力生物群落适应气候变化。