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"CHARTER" (Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity), EC Horizon-2020 Grant Nr. 869471

"CHARTER" (Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity), EC Horizon-2020 Grant Nr. 869471

The name CHARTER is derived from the research project title: Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity. The project involved 21 research institutions across 9 countries. CHARTER’s aim was to advance the adaptive capacity of Arctic communities to climatic and biodiversity changes through state-of-the-art synthesis based on thorough data collection, analysis and modelling of Arctic change with major socio-economic implications and feedbacks. To achieve this goal, we combined expertise from Earth System sciences and biodiversity studies within a social-ecological system (SES) framework and with a strong participatory approach. Strategies co-developed in CHARTER with Indigenous and local communities aimed to comprise synergies between their ambitions for adaptation actions with novel forms of land management geared towards climate change mitigation and sustainable development. For further information, please go to https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/869471 

Start: August 2020

End: January 2025

As of March 2026, some publications are still forthcoming.

List of publications (co-authored by members of the team WP3 at UHH: Roza Laptander, Kirill Istomin, J. Otto Habeck)

  • Eilola, Salla, Tim Horstkotte, Bruce C. Forbes, J. Otto Habeck, Teresa Komu, Sirpa Rasmus, and Nora Fagerholm 2024. "Perceptions on and impacts of environmental changes under multiple stressors: a case study from two subarctic communities in northern Fennoscandia". Regional Environmental Change, 24: 89 (19 pp.). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-024-02241-4 
  • Habeck, Joachim Otto Habeck & Kirill V. Istomin. "Introducing a special issue: What lessons to be learnt from reindeer-herding research in Russia?" Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 16: 15827. https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2026.15827 
  • Istomin, Kirill, Roza Laptander & J. Otto Habeck 2022. "Reindeer Herding Statistics in Russia: issues of reliability, interpretation, and political effect". Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 12 (1): 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13570-022-00233-9 
  • Istomin, Kirill V. & Joachim Otto Habeck 2025. "Reindeer -herding science in the Soviet Union and Russia: a short historical overview". Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice, 15: 15396. https://doi.org/10.3389/past.2025.15396 
  • Istomin, Kirill, Roza Laptander & Joachim Otto Habeck 2024. "From a cut to a tag: Formalization of reindeer marking practice by the state and its consequences in the north of European Russia and Western Siberia". Sibirica: Interdisciplinary Journal of Siberian Studies, 23 (3): 1-37. https://doi.org/10.3167/sib.2024.230301 
  • Laptander, Roza 2023. The Yamal Nenets’ traditional and contemporary environmental knowledge of snow, ice, and permafrost. Ecology and Society 28 (3): 6. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-14353-280306 
  • Laptander, Roza, Bruce C. Forbes & Timo Kumpula 2024. From Gorbachev’s Murmansk Speech to the Present: 37 Years of International Collaboration in Northern Russia. In: A Fractured North – Journeys on Hold, edited by Erich Kasten, Igor Krupnik, Gail Fondahl, pp. 15-34. Fürstenberg/Havel: Kulturstiftung Sibirien. https://bolt-dev.dh-north.org/files/dhn-pdf/fn2laptander-et-al.pdf 
  • Laptander, Roza, Tim Horstkotte, J. Otto Habeck, Sirpa, Rasmus, Teresa Komu, Heidrun Matthes, Hans Tømmervik, Kirill Istomin, Jussi T. Eronen & Bruce C. Forbes 2024. "Critical seasonal conditions in the reindeer-herding year: A synopsis of factors and events in Fennoscandia and northwestern Russia". Polar Science, 101016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polar.2023.101016 
  • Laptander, Roza, Florian Stammler, Bruce C. Forbes & Sari Stark 2024. Ways of identifying lichen and plant species by the Nenets reindeer herders in Yamal. Arctic Science 10 (4): 713-730. https://doi.org/10.1139/as-2023-0046 
  • Rasmus, Sirpa, Simo Sarkki, Irina Wang, Philip Burgess, Joachim Otto Habeck, Tim Horstkotte, Mikko Jokinen, Heidrun Matthes, Ilona Mettiäinen, Tuuli Parviainen, Antti-Juhani Pekkarinen, Laura Post, Taru Rikkonen, Jaana Sorvali, Minna Turunen, Tuulia Väärälä & Jussi T. Eronen 2025. "Surprises and Dreams: workshop method to co-create community-based transformative knowledge". The Polar Journal, 15 (2): 1-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2025.2565959 
  • Rasmus, Sirpa, Johanna Yletyinen, Simo Sarkki, Mia Landauer, Maria Tuomi, Marit K. Arneberg, Jarle W. Bjerke, Dorothee Ehrich, J. Otto Habeck, Tim Horstkotte, Sonja Kivinen, Teresa Komu, Timo Kumpula, Leena Leppänen, Heidrun Matthes, Christian Rixen, Sari Stark, Ningning Sun, Hans Tømmervik, Bruce C. Forbes & Jussi T. Eronen 2024. "Policy documents considering biodiversity, land use, and climate in the European Arctic reveal visible, hidden, and imagined nexus approaches". One Earth, 3 January 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2023.12.010 
  • Sarkki, Simo, Sirpa Rasmus, Joachim Otto Habeck, Heidrun Matthes, Mia Pihlajamäki & Jussi T. Eronen. "Exploring the land-use futures related to reindeer herding in Finland through 'wild logic' scenarios". Journal of Land Use Science, 20 (1): 151-175. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1747423X.2025.2504420 
  • Sarkki, Simo, Sirpa Rasmus, Joachim Otto Habeck, Heidrun Matthes, Mia Pihlajamäki & Jussi & Eronen 2026. "A new scenario architecture to capture granularity of governance within and across Shared Socioeconomic Pathways". Land Use Policy, 164: 107926. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2026.107926 
  • Serreze, Mark C., Julia Gustafson, Andrew P. Barrett, Matthew L. Druckenmiller, Shari Fox, Jessica Voveris, Julienne Stroeve, Betsy Sheffield, Bruce C. Forbes, Sirpa Rasmus, Roza Laptander, Mike Brook, Mike Brubaker, James Temte, Michelle R. McCrystall & Annett Bartsch 2021. Arctic rain on snow events: bridging observations to understand environmental and livelihood impacts. Environmental Research Letters, 16(10), 105009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac269b 
  • Ward Jones, Melissa, J. Otto Habeck, Mathias Ulrich, Susan Crate, Glenna Gannon, Tobias Schwoerer, Benjamin Jones, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Prashant Baral, Amina Maharjan, Jakob Steiner, Andrew Spring, Mindy Jewell Price, David Bysouth, Bruce C. Forbes, Mariana Verdonen, Timo Kumpula, Jens Strauss, Torben Windirsch, Christopher Poeplau, Yuri Shur, Benjamin Gaglioti, Nicholas Parlato, Fulu Tao, Merritt Turetsky, Stephanie Grand, Adrian Unc & Nils Borchard 2024. "Socio-ecological dynamics of diverse global permafrost-agroecosystems under environmental change". Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, 56 (1): 2356067 [23 p]. https://doi.org/10.1080/15230430.2024.2356067