Objectives

1. Identify and quantify key drivers of biodiversity changes and their past and future trends.
2. Identify cascading effects of a changing biodiversity associated with ongoing and projected changes in Arctic coastal food webs.
3. Assess the interdependencies between environmental changes and Arctic coastal livelihoods.
4. Support adaptive co-management at the local and national levels. 
    

FACE-IT rests on three overarching research approaches:

1. the comparison of fjords and adjacent coastal areas under different degrees of cryosphere loss
2. the integration of existing data through experimental research and modelling
3. an emphasis on coproduction of knowledge to develop and propose adaptive co-management strategies that can safeguard local coastal livelihoods in times of rapid change