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Reports
Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment 2009 Report
Ben Ellis, managing director of the Institute of the North, co-edited (along with Senior Fellow Dr. Lawson Brigham) the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, a major project of the Arctic Council under the Protection of Marine Environment (PAME) working group. This assessment is a direct follow-up to the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, two key Arctic Council reports.
The eight Arctic states will work together to enhance Arctic marine safety, protect the marine environment and expand Arctic marine infrastructure as a result of approving the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment 2009 Report at the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Norway.
In the Tromsø Declaration, the Arctic states noted “that increased marine access and navigation in the Arctic Ocean call for development and implementation of suitable national and international regulations, where appropriate, to advance the safety of Arctic marine shipping, including marine pollution prevention, reduce accident risk and facilitate effective emergency response.”
The council is urging its member states to cooperate with the International Maritime Organization on development of relevant measures to reduce the environmental impacts of shipping in Arctic waters.
According to the declaration, the ongoing IMO work to update the Guidelines for Ships Operating in Arctic Ice-covered Waters needs to be completed, with “its relevant parts be made mandatory and global IMO ship safety and pollution prevention conventions be augmented with specific mandatory requirements or other provisions for ship construction, design, equipment, crewing, training and operations aided at safety and protection of the Arctic environment.”
The four-year assessment was led by Canada, Finland and the United States and includes the first comprehensive Arctic shipping database for one calendar year.
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Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment: Scenarios of the Future
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The Institute of the North continues to collaborate with the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, a major project of the Arctic Council under the Protection of Marine Environment (PAME) working group. This assessment is a direct follow-up to the Arctic Marine Strategic Plan and the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, two key Arctic Council reports. |
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The assessment is intended to provide a baseline data of shipping activity in the Arctic for 2004, potential scenarios concerning Arctic shipping for 2020 and 2050, as well as other critical information.
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In April, the Institute helped support a scenario creation exercise under the direction of the Global Business Network, the world's foremost scenario consultancy based in San Francisco. Scenarios do not claim to be predictions. The point is not to gather evidence for some induction about a most probable future. The point is rather to explore and understand more deeply a number of different possibilities in order to make better reasoned choices among them. The product generated by this workshop will be incorporated into the AMSA. |
AMSA Scenario Narratives (report)
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AMSA: Scenarios of the Future (brochure)
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October 2008: Interim Report on the Arctic Energy Summit, International Polar Year Project #299
Prepared by James Hemsath, Senior Fellow for Energy
Through its three components, the Arctic Energy Summit brought focus to the areas of developing resources while addressing the need for affordable energy in rural areas throughout the Arctic. The Summit was an International Polar Year endorsed project and a Sustainable Development Working Group initiative of the Arctic Council.
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April 2008: Conflict of Interest Standards & Regional Fishery Management Councils
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An analysis of the voting record of the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC) shows that its members consistently followed the recommendations of marine biologists in supporting actions that imposed constraints on the groundfish fisheries for purposes of conservation. That conclusion is made in a report detailing a retrospective analysis that examined the voting record of the NPFMC from 1994 to 2006. |
Conflict of Interest Standards & Regional Fishery Management Councils: An evaluation of the North Pacific Council's voting record on conservation issues
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Press release:
Study shows fishery council follows scientific recommendations
Video footage:
Alaska Report, April 2008: North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
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Institute of the North: Annual Report
The Institute of the North specializes in how to utilize and care for the resource-rich commons for the benefit of those living in and on the commons. Areas of special study include Alaska, the new Russia, the many regions of the Arctic and other areas of the world that are lightly populated and wealthy in both human cultures and natural resources.
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8-10 November 2006: Arctic Aviation Experts Conference
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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The final report from the workshop was distributed at the April meeting of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group and to the Senior Arctic Officials at their meeting in Tromsø, Norway. In addition to the list of action items resulting from the meeting, the report includes a CD of the presentations within the six categories. |
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A pdf of the report is available below. For more information or to obtain a print copy of the report, please contact Nancy Hemsath at +1.907.771.2443 or nhemsath@institutenorth.org.
Arctic Aviation Experts Conference Final Report
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September 22-24, 2006: The Alaska Dialogue, Talkeetna Lodge
The Talkeetna Transition Team
The Institute of the North held Alaska Dialogue VII from Sept. 22-24 at the Talkeetna Alaskan Lodge. The theme was "The Talkeetna Transition Team: brainstorming ideas for whomever we elect as Governor." Alaskans of all regions and polictical persuasions came together to discuss some of Alaska's greatest opportunities and challenges, and presented a report to the major gubernatorial candidates on the final day of the Dialogue.
Talkeetna Transition Team: Final Report
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October 5-7, 2005: Arctic Aviation Experts Workshop
Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Ugra, Russia
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In cooperation with the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, The Institute of the North convened an Arctic Aviation Experts Workshop 5-7 October 2005 in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. The workshop addressed the growing transportation demands to support natural resource development - and other economic drivers - in the Arctic, especially in the Russian North; the staggering economic pressure being placed on the industry today, as well as the unique opportunities for technology transfer to advance aviation safety. |
Representatives from Russia, Canada and Alaska – spanning two-thirds of the Arctic -- worked for three days to create a list of 50 recommendations in six categories to improve living conditions via air transportation in some of the world’s most remote areas. The workshop was hosted by the Institute of the North in Russia in conjunction with the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, the Northern Forum and the Arctic Council.
Aviation Experts Workshop Final Report
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September 16-18, 2005: The Alaska Dialogue, Talkeetna Lodge
Getting ready for the next BOOM!: Questions that Alaskans are asking and their creative ideas
“Can a mobilized Alaska provide a sustainable economy, or will the next boom lead to another bust?” was one of the questions raised during the sixth annual Alaska Dialogue, hosted by the Institute of the North in September. One hundred and seventeen Alaskans, both Democrats and Republicans, discussed public policy issues surrounding the next potential oil and gas boom in the state and what Alaskans can do to prepare for it. Topics included impacts on the economy, workforce development and education.
Getting Ready for the Next Boom: Final Report
December 20, 2004: Sea Changes
At the request of the State Legislature in the fall of 2004, the Institute of the North produced an overview of how two ocean-related issues could have an impact upon the state. As the U.S. Senate considers ratification of the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty and Congress examines legislation based upon the recommendations from the U.S. Oceans Commission Report, the analysis, entitled “Sea Changes”, provides 10 recommendations for the State of Alaska to consider.
Sea Changes
September 28-30, 2004: Arctic Marine Transport Workshop
Cambridge University, England
| Sponsored by the Institute of the North, U.S. Arctic Research Commission and the International Arctic Science Committee, the Arctic Marine Transport Workshop final report was distributed at the upcoming April meetings of the Arctic Council’s Sustainable Development Working Group in Moscow, Russia and at the Senior Arctic Officials in Yukatia, Russia. |
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Arctic Marine Transport Workshop Final Report
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