Ensuring Environmental Safety of the Arctic Region: The Case of Genomic Technologies
Abstract The Arctic is a unique macro-region of national and global significance. The vulnerability of its ecosystems predetermines the uniqueness of the region. The Arctic is a territory with significant natural and biological resources, including hydrocarbons. The Arctic is also a place of traditi...
| Published in: | IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |
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IOP Publishing
2021
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/670/1/012050 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/670/1/012050 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/670/1/012050/pdf |
| Summary: | Abstract The Arctic is a unique macro-region of national and global significance. The vulnerability of its ecosystems predetermines the uniqueness of the region. The Arctic is a territory with significant natural and biological resources, including hydrocarbons. The Arctic is also a place of traditional residence and economic activity of indigenous people. Climate change can irreversibly alter the Arctic ecosystems. Therefore, the development of legal mechanisms for environmental protection of the Arctic is a priority. Currently, biotechnologies are becoming increasingly important. Using genomic technologies allows one to solve Arctic-specific problems, such as providing food security. However, the application of genomic technologies to environmental safety of the Arctic has not yet received proper research in Russia. The documents on strategic planning for the Arctic development indicate that the application of genomic technologies is, currently, environmentally inadequate. This is a consequence of a current lack of the Arctic environmental framework on applying genomic technologies. The principles of the “green” economy are integral to ensuring the environmental safety of the Arctic. Therefore, this paper aims to formulate the principles of environmental safety of the Arctic region in applying genomic technologies. The author employed comparative-legal and formal-logical methods to analyze the current political, legal, and regulatory acts on the development and environmental safety of the Arctic. As a result of the study, the authors formed the principles of ensuring the environmental security of the Arctic region in the implementation of genomic technologies. These principles may become the foundation for the ecological-legal paradigm of the Arctic. |
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