##  [CircumArctic Collaboration to Monitor Caribou and Wild Reindeer](/resource/circumarctic-collaboration-monitor-caribou-and-wild-reindeer) 

Organization

[Yukon University](/organization/yukon-university)

[University of Alaska Fairbanks](/organization/university-alaska-fairbanks)

[CircumArctic Rangifer Monitoring and Assessment Network](/organization/circumarctic-rangifer-monitoring-and-assessment-network)

 

 

Project

[CircumArctic Collaboration to Monitor Caribou and Wild Reindeer](/project/circumarctic-collaboration-monitor-caribou-and-wild-reindeer)

 

Resource Type

[Peer reviewed article](/taxonomy/term/37)

 

 

Author(s)

Don Russell

Anne Gunn

Robert White

 

 

Original Authors

Don Russell

Anne Gunn

Robert White

 

 

Contacts

[Don Russell](/contact/don-russell)

 

 

Resource Date:

2015

 

Page Length

5

 

 

Caribou and wild reindeer (*Rangifer*) are integral to ecology and Aboriginal lives and culture in circumArctic regions. Since reaching peak size in the 1990s, most herds have been declining, while their ranges are changing as the footprint of people’s activities expands and the climate warms. More than ever, then, people need to share information and experience on *Rangifer* management and conservation. In recognition of this need for a circumArctic approach to monitoring, the CircumArctic *Rangifer* Monitoring and Assessment (CARMA) network, a relatively informal group of scientists, community representatives, and management agencies, was established in 2004. CARMA emphasizes collaborating and sharing information on migratory tundra *Rangifer* and developing tools to deal with the impacts of global changes on these herds.