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he Arctic Ocean is crossing an environ-mental threshold expected to trans-form it from a perpetually ice-covered region to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades (1, 2). This environmental change has awakened global interests in Arctic energy, fishing, shipping, and tourism. The Arcti...
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.472.2028 http://www.digitaluniverse.net/files/150601_150700/150654/governance-and-environmental-change-in-the-arctic-ocean.pdf |
| Summary: | he Arctic Ocean is crossing an environ-mental threshold expected to trans-form it from a perpetually ice-covered region to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades (1, 2). This environmental change has awakened global interests in Arctic energy, fishing, shipping, and tourism. The Arctic could slide into a new era featuring jurisdictional conflicts, increasingly severe clashes over the extraction of natural resources, and the emergence of a new “great game ” among the global powers. However, the environment provides a physical and a con-ceptual framework to link gov-ernment interests in the Arctic Ocean, as well as a template for addressing transboundary security risks cooperatively. The Arctic coastal states are col-lectively and individually reinforcing their sovereign rights and jurisdiction from their coastlines seaward, as stated |
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