Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy

In September 1989, on the initiative of the government of Finland, officials from the eight Arctic countries met in Rovaniemi, Finland to discuss cooperative measures to protect the Arctic environment. They agreed to work towards a meeting of circumpolar Ministers responsible for Arctic environmenta...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arctic Council, -
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Arctic Council 1991
Subjects:
Institutions
International Network
Arctic
Canada
Kiruna
Rovaniemi
Yellowknife
Online Access:http://library.arcticportal.org/1542/
http://library.arcticportal.org/1542/1/artic_environment.pdf
http://www.arctic-council.org
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Summary:In September 1989, on the initiative of the government of Finland, officials from the eight Arctic countries met in Rovaniemi, Finland to discuss cooperative measures to protect the Arctic environment. They agreed to work towards a meeting of circumpolar Ministers responsible for Arctic environmental issues. The September 1989 meeting was followed by preparatory meetings in Yellowknife, Canada in April 1990; Kiruna, Sweden in January 1991; and, Rovaniemi, Finland in June 1991.

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