Arctic
Improved Management of the Bering Strait
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) have undertaken a cooperative project to identify measures that could be adopted to protect important areas of the Bering Strait region, including ecologically and biologically sensitive areas (EBSAs) and to explore ways in which such measures might be implemented. …
02 May 2013 | News story
Protection measures for the Bering Strait identified
IUCN, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the University of Alaska-Fairbanks (UAF) are undertaking a cooperative project to identify measures that could be adopted to protect Ecologically and Biologically Sensitive Areas (EBSAs) of the Bering Strait region, and to explore ways in which such measures might be implemented. …
28 Sep 2012 | News story
The future of Arctic enterprise: Long-term outlook and implications
Over the next 20 years, shipping, oil and gas, mining, tourism and aquaculture will be the key sectors of economic activity in the Arctic marine environment. A new report ‘The future of Arctic enterprise: Long-term outlook and implications’ focuses on the outlook for the development of existing and new economic activity in the Arctic marine region. …
29 Feb 2012 | News story
The Arctic Biodiversity Assessment
The Arctic is home to over 21,000 species, including many globally significant populations of unique and highly cold-adapted mammals, birds, fish, invertebrates, plants, fungi and microorganisms, some found nowhere else on Earth. In addition to its intrinsic worth, Arctic biodiversity provides innumerable services and values to people. More than a tenth of the world’s fish catches by weight come from Arctic and sub-Arctic seas. The Arctic is the breeding ground for millions of migratory birds that fly to every continent, connecting the region with the rest of the world and contributing to global biodiversity. …
20 May 2013 | Article
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IUCN/NRDC Arctic Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Project (February 2011)
Arctic sea ice coverage is decreasing dramatically. As it does, human activity is expanding in the Arctic marine environment. The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, prepared under the auspices of the Arctic Council, concluded that ocean warming and loss of ice is expected to accelerate, exacerbating the major physical, ecological, social and economic changes already underway in the Arctic marine environment. …
26 Apr 2011 | Article
