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

• Denmark
• Faroe Islands
• Fisheries
• Geopolitics 
and Security
• Greenland
• Iceland
• Indigenous Peoples
• Maritime Environment
• Natural
 Environment
• Norway
• Other Regions
• World Oceans
• 02 December 2023

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

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Silencing the screaming — The discovery of rare earth metals in Sweden

• Arctic
• Geopolitics 
and Security
• Indigenous Peoples
• Mining
• Sweden
• 12 June 2023

Reindeer in a Saami camp. © Isabell Schulz  Dr Nikolas Sellheim Director, Sellheim Environmental Fellow, Polar Research and Policy Initiative

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

• Arctic
• Geopolitics 
and Security
• Indigenous Peoples
• Maritime Environment
• Natural
 Environment
• 01 April 2023

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

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

• Arctic
• Asia Pacific
• BRICS
• Canada
• Denmark
• European Union
• Faroe Islands
• Fisheries
• Geopolitics 
and Security
• Greenland
• Iceland
• Indigenous Peoples
• Northwest Territories
• Norway
• Nunavut
• Other Regions
• Russia
• Small Islands
• World Oceans
• Yukon
• 01 February 2023

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

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