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Whaling activities have resumed in Iceland and Japan, and the world speaks out. Does it?

Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative Introduction Whaling in 2023 still constitutes an activity

The BBNJ Agreement – The cure against marine biodiversity loss?

Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative Introduction 4 March 2023 allegedly marked a turning

The Sidelining of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in CITES Media Coverage

Photo: Ng Swan Ti / Oxfam. Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative The fall

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

Greenwich Park, with the City of London in the background. Project Lead: Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes Project Team: Mikhail Radkevitch, Helena Roberts,

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Dr Thor Sigfusson Today, 24 May, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Iceland Ocean Cluster (IOC). Ever since its

Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

Rachael Lorna Johnstone and Anne Merrild Hansen in Tasiilaq. Dr Rachael Lorna Johnstone Adjunct Professor of Law, Ilisimatusarfik, Greenland; Professor of

The North holds the Key: Unlocking Canada-Scotland Trade Potential

Dr Dwayne Menezes and Dr Karen Everett On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework

For Biodiversity and Beyond! A Scenario for Transformative Regime Change in the Arctic Region

Image by mpater22 from Pixabay Nikolas Sellheim Introduction In their paper Integrating Proximal and Horizon Threats to Biodiversity for Conservation,

Canada becomes Third Party to Ratify Commercial Fishing Regulation in the Central Arctic Ocean

International waters of the Central Arctic Ocean. Dr Nikolas Sellheim The protection of biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction is an issue

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Woodstock in northern Newfoundland. © Nikolas Sellheim Nikolas Sellheim On 17 December 2018, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted

Export Trade from the Canadian Territories: A Closer Look

Iqaluit, Nunavut. Photo by Aaron M Lloyd. Karen Everett In a previous article, I provided an overview of international trade

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) and the Arctic Encounter host the first Arctic Encounter London in London, UK, on

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Alaskans are Poised to ‘Take a Stand’ in Fish-Focused Ballot Measure

AMAP Assessment 2018: Arctic Ocean Acidification. PRPI Fellow Brooks Kaiser among Lead Authors

Prof. Brooks Kaiser, Head of the Fisheries Unit at Polar Research and Policy Initiative, is one of the lead authors

A Krill-iant Idea! – The Powers of Industry for Conservation

Figure 1: Krill, one of the most important species in our oceans (British Antarctic Survey). Micheil Page Introduction Our perception

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

Figure 1: The future of medicine could be hiding here, on the Arctic seabed where unknown organisms dwell (NSF, 2005)

Growing Alaskan-Chinese Trade at Risk from Trade War

Source: ADFG By Liz Bowman and Brooks Kaiser The escalating trade war between China and the US may force Alaskan

Snow Crab Saga: A Story that Demonstrates the Complexities of Climate Change

Kondratuk Aleksei/Shutterstock.com There’s much more to snow crab than their tasty legs and claws. Especially so in the last few

A Case for the Commons: The Snow Crab in the Barents

This article has been written by Brooks A Kaiser, Melina Kourantidou and Linda M Fernandez, and published by the Journal of Environmental Management,

Whaling activities have resumed in Iceland and Japan, and the world speaks out. Does it?

The BBNJ Agreement – The cure against marine biodiversity loss?

The Sidelining of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in CITES Media Coverage

UK-Arctic Trade and Investment Observatory

The New Fish Wave: The Iceland Ocean Cluster turns 10

Listening to Arctic Voices in Extractive Industries

The North holds the Key: Unlocking Canada-Scotland Trade Potential

For Biodiversity and Beyond! A Scenario for Transformative Regime Change in the Arctic Region

Canada becomes Third Party to Ratify Commercial Fishing Regulation in the Central Arctic Ocean

Commercial Sealers under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants

Export Trade from the Canadian Territories: A Closer Look

Delegates from 20 Nations convene in the United Kingdom for Arctic Encounter London 2019

Dr Nikolas Sellheim on The Seal Hunt: Cultures, Economies and Legal Regimes

Alaskans are Poised to ‘Take a Stand’ in Fish-Focused Ballot Measure

AMAP Assessment 2018: Arctic Ocean Acidification. PRPI Fellow Brooks Kaiser among Lead Authors

A Krill-iant Idea! – The Powers of Industry for Conservation

Arctic Antibiotics – The Hunt for New Medicines in the Arctic

Growing Alaskan-Chinese Trade at Risk from Trade War

Snow Crab Saga: A Story that Demonstrates the Complexities of Climate Change

A Case for the Commons: The Snow Crab in the Barents

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