Overview of marine protected areas in the eastern Canadian Arctic and their ability to mitigate current and future threats

• Main Author: Bone, Bryden
• Format: Report
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Baffin Island; Clyde River; Cumberland Sound; Eclipse Sound; Baffin; Climate change; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10222/75141

The Arctic marine environment is defined by a number of ecological, cultural, and social dimensions, including endemic organisms, rare environmental features (e.g. polynyas), and Inuit social and cultural practices. Marine protected areas (MPAs) offer one available protection tool, yet the current e...