Fig 1.
Map of Arctic CAFF study area and comparison with other delimitations.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Table 1.
Terrestrial and marine surface areas (km2) of each case-study country within the CAFF boundary.
Fig 2.
Yellow represents input data, black represents processing, blue intermediate results and red final results.
Fig 3.
Map of oil and gas well density in the Arctic region.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Fig 4.
Map of oil and gas polygonal features in the Arctic region (a) and map of oil and gas linear features in the Arctic region(b).
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Table 2.
Spatial relationships between oil and gas geographies and the Arctic region.
Fig 5.
Map of oil and gas features and PAs in the Arctic region.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Fig 6.
Map of oil and gas features and species ranges in the Arctic region.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Fig 7.
Map of oil and gas features and NGO-conservation priorities in the Arctic region.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Fig 8.
Map of oil and gas features and IPLs in the Arctic region.
[Basemap source: Global Oceans and Seas by Flanders Marine Institute (2021), licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Available online at https://www.marineregions.org/, https://doi.org/10.14284/542].
Table 3.
Shortest linear distance from oil and gas wells and pipelines to the borders of PAs and IPLs.