Survey of living conditions in the Arctic: Inuit, Saami and the indigenous peoples of Chukotka (SLICA). Arctic 2002; 55: 310 5. (page number not for citation purpose
decades the scientific community has expressed concern about the vulnerability of the Arctic and its residents to environmental, social, and economic changes…[Recent] research results show that arctic climate and ecosystems are indeed changing substantially with impacts on people living in and outsi...
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| Summary: | decades the scientific community has expressed concern about the vulnerability of the Arctic and its residents to environmental, social, and economic changes…[Recent] research results show that arctic climate and ecosystems are indeed changing substantially with impacts on people living in and outside the Arctic. ” The scientists listed as the first key question, “How are the rapid social, political, economic and environmental changes occurring in the Arctic today affecting the people there? ” (ARCUS, 1998:3). Delegates to the 1998 Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) passed a resolution supporting an international survey of living conditions in the Arctic. The resolution noted, “Rapid social change characterises all indigenous peoples of the Arctic…There is a need to document and compare the present state of living conditions and the development among the indigenous peoples of the Arctic.” This essay presents a comparative study of living con-ditions among the Inuit and Saami peoples of the United |
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