Institutional navigation of oceans governance: Lessons from Russia and the United States Indigenous multi-level whaling governance in the Arctic

• Published in: Earth System Governance
• Main Authors: Abigail M. York, Eduard Zdor, Shauna BurnSilver, Tatiana Degai, Maria Monakhova, Svetlana Isakova, Andrey N. Petrov, Morgan Kempf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: scipo; droit; Arctic; Lawrence Island; Chukchi; Siberian Yupik; Yupik
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2022.100154; https://doaj.org/article/c086b0e3a70b4fd387a5dc67837f9240

Oceans governance occurs through overlapping, multi-level institutions that often fail to recognize Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination. The International Whaling Commission (IWC) provides pathways for recognizing Indigenous rights. However, observed power asymmetries and cross-level local...