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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,

India’s SaGHAA: Where the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas meet

Hriday Sarma Hriday Sarma, India Fellow at Polar Research and Policy Initiative (PRPI), recently spoke to Dr Sulagna Chattopadhyay, President

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

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

Image by Bill Kasman from Pixabay. Dr Nikolas Sellheim On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first

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

Scotland, the Arctic, Outer Space

Max Daniels On Monday, 23 September 2019, the Scottish Government launched Scotland’s first Arctic Policy Framework in Stromness, Orkney. You

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

CITES and the Polar Bear

Dr Nikolas Sellheim Introduction The parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

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

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

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

The Need to Consider Chinese Tourism in Antarctica

China’s Great Wall station, Antarctica (Source: Panoramio). Max Daniels Chinese foreign policy is receiving ever more attention in Western policy

Antarctic Land-Based Tourism: Having One’s Feet on the Ground

Antarctica: Cape Evans. © Eli Duke. Max Daniels Land-based activities are a specialised and niche part of Antarctic tourism, which

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

India’s SaGHAA: Where the Arctic, Antarctic and Himalayas meet

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

The Rural North – Opportunities and Challenges for Scottish and Arctic Communities

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

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

Scotland, the Arctic, Outer Space

Three Takeaways from Canada’s Arctic and Northern Policy

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

CITES and the Polar Bear

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

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

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

The Need to Consider Chinese Tourism in Antarctica

Antarctic Land-Based Tourism: Having One’s Feet on the Ground

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