The Autumn/Winter 2009 issue of the IASSA newsletter "Northern Notes" is now available online at http://www.svs.is/IASSA/NorthernNotes%20No31.pdf, and includes an APECS Social Sciences update.
In this Issue:
1. From the Council and the Secretariat
2. Features
• IPY 2007-2008 and Social/Human Sciences: Mission Accomplished?
• Summary of the International IPY Data Management Meeting September 29 - October 1, 2009, Ottawa, Ontario
• International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Research Priorities in Human and Social Sciences
• CAVIAR - Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic Regions
• An Update on the Arctic Social Indicators Project (2006 - 2011)
• The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme
• Update on Social Sciences Initiatives within APECS
3. Conferences
4. Announcements
5. New Publications
6. On the Web
7. Funding
