Contested Arctic
Subtitle: Indigenous Peoples, Industrial States, and the Circumpolar Environment
Contributors: Eric Alden Smith (Editor); Joan McCarter (Editor)
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: October 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 156
ISBN-13: 9780295976556
Subjects: Applied ecology; Biogeography; Human biology; Arctic Ecology; Nature; Environmental Studies; Sociology; Environmental Science; Military - Naval; Polar Regions; Ecology; Arctic peoples; Arctic regions; Congresses; Environmental policy; Human Ecology
Description: This volume explores some of the major threats to the Arctic environment and indigenous people's responses to these threats. Case studies discuss the push for oil and gas development in Canada, Alaska, and Russia; the toxic legacy of the former Soviet Union; land tenure conflicts in Russia; and wildlife management in Canada and Scandinavia.