Mining in Greenland: the science-policy nexus in valuing the environment

• Main Author: De Rosa, Marie Terese
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås 2015
• Subjects: Mining; Greenland; Environment; Knowledge; Power; Valuation; VDP::Technology: 500::Rock and petroleum disciplines: 510::Mineral resources engineering: 511; VDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Agriculture disciplines: 910::Management of natural resources: 914; Arctic; Arctic Island; greenlandic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/283303

Ever since Greenland achieved self-rule from Denmark in 2009, the country has actively promoted its mineral wealth on the international stage and investors from all around the world have opened their eyes to this vast Arctic island. As the ice sheets are melting, the question of how the government o...