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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 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: What’s Historic?

Photo: 2022 UN Biodiversity Conference, 9 December 2022. © UN Biodiversity Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research

Do Disasters Kill More Women Than Men?

Disaster death rates may result from societal roles. Prof Ilan Kelman Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, UK

Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory

Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) launches Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory to improve Arctic media coverage Project Lead: Dr

The Future of US Arctic Policy under President Biden: Policy Recommendations

Is this the End of the Arctic Council and Arctic Governance as we know it?

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo participates in the Arctic Council Ministerial Meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7,

From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic

Scapa Flow © Damien Entwistle/Flickr. Peter Sherwin On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

Ulva. © James Stringer/Flickr. Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes (with thanks to Max Baring of Thomson Reuters Foundation for the film)

Win-Win Scottish Arctic Policy can Build Greater Connectivity and Resilience

Dales Voe. Image from Lerwick Port Authority. https://www.lerwick-harbour.co.uk/decommissioning Prof Brooks Kaiser On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s

Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic

Ring of Brodgar, Orkney. The most northerly of Britain’s stone circles, the henge at Brodgar is the centrepiece of the ‘The

The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation

RRS Discovery Scientific Cruise DY052 – The Extended Ellett Line. ukosnap.wordpress.com/ © Captain Smurf/Flickr. Erin Willahan On Monday, 23 September 2019, the

Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy

Crossing glacier-fed streams in the Akshayuk Pass, Auyuittuq National Park, Baffin Island. © Peter Morgan (Flickr). Dr Andrew Chater The

Maritime Futures 2035: The Arctic Region. SALIENSEAS Scenario Workshop, Denmark

Doug Cost, Assistant Professor, at University of Alaska Fairbanks, at the 2018 SALIENSEAS Scenario Workshop Dr Berill Blair On 13

Embassy of Iceland to the UK and PRPI host Evening on Sustainable Arctic Tourism in London

On 26 June 2019, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) had the great pleasure of hosting an evening on Sustainable

Scotland seizes Arctic winds of change

Seilebost Beach on the Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides. Possibly a former Viking “resort,” and perhaps in both the former

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,

Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic: Proceedings of 2019 Iceland Workshop

Since 2018, Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI) has joined forces with the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) to host

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

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 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework: What’s Historic?

Do Disasters Kill More Women Than Men?

Arctic Media Hotline and Observatory

The Future of US Arctic Policy under President Biden: Policy Recommendations

Is this the End of the Arctic Council and Arctic Governance as we know it?

From Dales Voe to Scapa Flow: Scotland, a Leading Marine Hub for the Arctic

Scottish Land Reforms: Lessons in Community Regeneration for the Arctic?

Win-Win Scottish Arctic Policy can Build Greater Connectivity and Resilience

Climate Vulnerability Index for World Heritage: From Orkney to the Arctic

The Ellett Line: Scotland’s Decades of Subpolar Marine Observation

Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy

Maritime Futures 2035: The Arctic Region. SALIENSEAS Scenario Workshop, Denmark

Embassy of Iceland to the UK and PRPI host Evening on Sustainable Arctic Tourism in London

Scotland seizes Arctic winds of change

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

Sustainable Tourism Development in the Nordic Arctic: Proceedings of 2019 Iceland Workshop

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

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