The Arctic Coastal and Marine Management Network
The University Centre of the Westfjords and the University of Akureyri will lead a new Thematic Network within the University of the Arctic on Arctic Coastal and Marine Management. The Arctic Coastal and Marine Management Network deals with the sustainable utilization and conservation of Arctic coastal and marine environments, including the exploitation of resources, transportation and tourism, focusing on sustainable fisheries, aquaculture, and indigenous utilization of coastal environments. The primary goal within the Thematic Networks will be to build up a network of teachers, researchers and students in this field, and thus increase Arctic cooperation and build a base for the exchange of teachers and researchers. The University of Akureyri and the University Centre of the Westfjords have both been members of UArctic for several years. Other founding participants are from Murmansk State Humanities University, University of Washington, University of Nordland, and the network is open to more partners.
The Arctic Coastal and Marine Management Network was established at the annual meeting of the University of the Arctic in Yakutsk in 2010. Instead of a kick-off conference, the hosts are organizing a session on Human Aspects of Fisheries in the Arctic Coastal Regions within ICASS VII, the seventh International Conference on Arctic Social Sciences held in Akureyri, in June 2011.
This week the University of the Arctic is celebrating its 10 year anniversary at the annual meeting held in Rovniemi in Finland. A special anniversary publication of the UArctic magazine, Shared Voices, was recently published on this occasion and in this issue you can find an article by Peter Weiss, director of the University Centre and Bjarni Eiríksson, project manager at UA on the Thematic Network on Arctic Coastal and Marine Management. Shared Voices can be found here and the article is on page 22.
The Arctic Coastal and Marine Management Network was established at the annual meeting of the University of the Arctic in Yakutsk in 2010. Instead of a kick-off conference, the hosts are organizing a session on Human Aspects of Fisheries in the Arctic Coastal Regions within ICASS VII, the seventh International Conference on Arctic Social Sciences held in Akureyri, in June 2011.
This week the University of the Arctic is celebrating its 10 year anniversary at the annual meeting held in Rovniemi in Finland. A special anniversary publication of the UArctic magazine, Shared Voices, was recently published on this occasion and in this issue you can find an article by Peter Weiss, director of the University Centre and Bjarni Eiríksson, project manager at UA on the Thematic Network on Arctic Coastal and Marine Management. Shared Voices can be found here and the article is on page 22.
