SCAR XXXIV WP11a: Report on AntEco (State of the Antarctic Ecosystem) Popular

Presentation:  pdf Agenda Item 4.2.3 (433 KB)

Executive Summary:

Authors: Huw Griffiths, Jan Strugnell & the Steering Committee

Important Issues or Factors:

• Cross-Program SCAR workshop on ‘Interactions between biological and climate processes in the Antarctic’ was held in September 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.
• SO-AntEco Expedition to the South Orkney Islands.
• Multiple Ant-Eco sessions and workshops and the OSC 2016.
• AntEco supported early career scientists at the ‘VIII Southern Connection Congress 2016’, the SO-AntEco expedition and the SCAR OSC.

Recommendations/Actions and Justification: We recommend that AntEco is extended for another four years and funding is approved for a further two years.

Budget Implications: The continued funding of AntEco at current or increased levels for a further two years.