Data Infrastructures, Indigenous Knowledge, and Environmental Observing in the Arctic

Environmental monitoring has become a key component of species and ecosystem management efforts and increasingly contributes to assessments of regional and global environmental change. In the Arctic region, where surface temperatures are increasing at twice the global average, observing and monitoring changes—for example, in species range distributions, glacial and sea ice extent and condition, and permafrost stability—now constitute a significant area of scientific coordination and investment.¹ Systems for monitoring include networks focusing on specific environmental zones and features, such as the International Network for Terrestrial Research and Monitoring in the Arctic, the Circumarctic Lakes Observation Network, and the