Featured articles in this issue include:

- IPY 2007-2008 and Social/Human Sciences: Mission Accomplished?
- Summary of International IPY Data Management Meeting
- International Arctic Science Committee (IASC) Research Priorities
in Human and Social Sciences
- CAVIAR - Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic
Regions
- Update on the Arctic Social Indicators Projcet (2006-2011)
- The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme
- Update on Social Sciences Initiatives within APECS

Also included is information on upcoming conferences, announcements, and new publications. To access the newsletter, please go to:
http://www.svs.is/english/IASSA/IASSA.htm.