Safeguarding Important Areas in the U.S. Arctic Ocean
The U.S. Arctic Ocean supports unique species found nowhere else in the country and is home to indigenous Inupiat people who have thrived on its bounty for thousands of years. The Pew Charitable Trusts believes that a balance must be struck between responsible economic development and preservation o...
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| Language: | English |
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The Pew Charitable Trusts
2015
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| Online Access: | https://issuelab.org/resources/26532/26532.pdf https://issuelab.org/permalink/resource/26532 |
| Summary: | The U.S. Arctic Ocean supports unique species found nowhere else in the country and is home to indigenous Inupiat people who have thrived on its bounty for thousands of years. The Pew Charitable Trusts believes that a balance must be struck between responsible economic development and preservation of ecosystem integrity and function in the Arctic Ocean. Safeguarding especially important areas can help the rapidly changing Arctic environment remain healthy, while providing local communities and the businesses that have invested there with more certainty about the future management of the region. |
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