Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #2.1 - Marine and Maritime Issues 1
Barrow, Alaska March 2016. Photo: Arctic Council Secretariat
The Arctic Institute Arctic Winter College 2021
- Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #1 – Infrastructure
- Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #2.1 – Marine and Maritime Issues 1
- Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #2.2 – Marine and Maritime Issues 2
- Arctic Winter College 2021: Policy Briefs #3 – Community Wellbeing
Through a partnership with the National Science Foundation-funded Migration in Harmony Research Coordination Network and the Ecologic Institute, The Arctic Institute is publishing a series of briefs on Arctic migrations and mobilities written by Fellows of the 2021 Arctic Winter College. The Arctic Winter College brought together 60 emerging leaders and experts from across the world for 10 weeks in a free series of web-based seminars, the videos of which can be viewed on YouTube here. The program builds a lasting, policy-oriented network of Arctic professionals to strengthen communication between peoples and nations, scientific disciplines, policy areas, and across the science-policy interface to improve collaborations, research, and decision-making in the Arctic. Weekly webinars focused on the theme “Arctic on the Move.” Urbanization, globalization, and the impacts of climate change are activating the simultaneous migrations of species, ecosystems, settlements, and cultures across Arctic coastlines in new and unpredictable ways. Each of these intersecting mobilities challenge the quality of life, sustainable development, and environmental health of the circumpolar north. Participants engaged with Arctic researchers, traditional knowledge holders, and practitioners in a variety of fields related to movement to deepen their understanding of a rapidly changing region and its global connections.
This week’s publication is our first collection of policy briefs on Marine and Maritime Issues with contributions from Andro Mathewson, Katharina Heinrich, Samantha Danielle Farquhar, Barbara K. Neubarth, and Nicole Wienrich.