1. BARIN Baltic-Arctic Regional Information Network
Status: not running
Interest: significant
Last discussed: 2014
Requires: network leader
funding

2. Networking accomplished
Networked to build a group of people interested in being part of BARIN in
Norway
Sweden
Baltics
Received small travel grant to travel to Baltics in 2013 and network
Fund received from the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme

3. Over 50 contacts, including:
Estonia
Estonian Ministry of Environment
Estonian Ministry of Agriculture
Estonian Agricultural Registers and Information Board
University of Tartu – Geography
Tartu University
Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Forestry and Rural Engineering
Latvia
Latvian Ministry of Agriculture
Latvian Geospatial Information Agency
Riga Technical University
Latvian State Land Service
Latvian Ministry of Envr Prot and Reg Dev
Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
Lithuania
Vilnius University of Applied Sciences
Vilnius University, faculty of natural sciences – Geography and Land Management
Aleksander Stulginskis University
Lithuanian Ministry of Environment
Vilnius University – Geography and Land Management
Scandinavia (outside Norway)
Lund University - Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science
Icelandic Forest Research Institute
Finnish Geodetic Institute
Oregon State U – Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society
Norway
Extensive connections in research institutes, universities, Space Center

4. Networking results: key areas of interest
monitoring of carbon flux from land use change (LULUCF);
Climate change effects on agriculture production and phenology
monitoring agricultural for obtaining agricultural subsidies;
monitoring Arctic sea ice properties;
monitoring change in land cover of forest, urban, and agricultural area;
Data to feed into biogeochemical modeling and climate change assessment.

5. Planned kickoff meeting
September 2014 in Tromsø, Norway
Planned conference/meeting
Conference: “Theory and applications of high-resolution satellite imagery in the North”
Conference to include a networking program
Combined with LCLUC Science Team meeting

6. Funding received Fram Center of Tromsø, Norway 40,000 EUR
START ~15,000 USD
European Geosciences Union 3,700 Euro
Timing of funding received did not work out
Funding returned, sadly 

7. Other potential funding sources
Nordic council of ministers
EEA grants
EGU
FRAM Center in northern Norway
Norwegian Space Center
ESA
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