POTENTIALS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PIKIALASORSUAQ IN THE SHADOW OF CONTEMPORARY MARITIME INDUSTRIES
The Pikialasorsuaq or North Water Polynya is a polynya that lies between Greenland and Canada in northern Baffin Bay. For centuries small scale family-based markets had been developed between the Inuit of two sides based on cross-border transportation. However, the emerged modern maritime industries...
| Published in: | Facta Universitatis, Series: Law and Politics |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Niš
2019
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| Online Access: | http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FULawPol/article/view/4541 https://doi.org/10.22190/FULP1901023T |
| Summary: | The Pikialasorsuaq or North Water Polynya is a polynya that lies between Greenland and Canada in northern Baffin Bay. For centuries small scale family-based markets had been developed between the Inuit of two sides based on cross-border transportation. However, the emerged modern maritime industries have posed serious challenges for the polynya where the free cross-border transportation is nowadays banned, and the environmental threat has become a reality deteriorated further by climate change. Indigenous participation and Free Prior and Informed Consent are crucial for the conservation of the polynya. Accordingly, this article was designed as a descriptive study of the current situation in Pikialasorsuaq, providing the legal framework for the protection of the region and highlighting the existing system’s shortcomings. Polinije (rus. polynya) su prirodno formirane otvorene vodene površine u ledom okovanom Arktičkom okeanu koje, pod uticajem toplih morskih struja, tokom cele godine ostaju nezaleđene. Zahvaljujući bogatom biodiverzitetu, ove morske oaze na Arktiku su utočista i glavni izvor hrane raznim vrstama morskih sisara, riba i ptica naročito u zimskom periodu.Pikialasorsuak (Pikialasorsuaq) je najveća polinija u Severnim vodama Artkičkog okeana, koja se nalazi između Grenlanda i Kanade, u severnom delu zaliva Bafin. Autohtone inuitske zajednice sa obe strane zaliva se od davnina oslanjaju na prirodna bogatstva ove polinije i porodičnu trgovinu na malo, koja počiva na slobodnoj razmeni dobara i slobodnom prekograničnom prevozu robe. Međutim, razvoj savremene pomorske privrede doneo je ozbiljne izazove, kako u pogledu zabrane slobodnog prekograničnog prevoza tako i u pogledu realne ugroženosti životne sredine, koja je delovanjem klimatskih promena izložena još većoj opasnosti. Učešće autohtonog stanovništva i princip dobrovoljne, prethodne i informisane saglasnosti stanovništva ključni su za očuvanje ove polinije. U skladu s tim, ovaj članak daje prikaz trenutne situacije u poliniji Pikialasorsuak, pregled ... |
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