ArcticHubs
Resource competition: Challenges for Arctic communities
Increasing global competition for natural resources poses major challenges to the Arctic region. These include strategically planning of fair distribution of economic gains and work opportunities, whilst simultaneously minimising the impact of ecological, social, cultural and political challenges and tensions that will arise through expansion of new businesses.
Start
01. Aug 2020
End
01. Aug 2024
Funded by
EU - Horizon 2020
Cooperation
Project leader is Luke (Natural Resources Institute Finland). Norwegian participants are Nofima, Norce Nina og Magma Geopark AS. In addition there are 16 other participants from 10 different countries.
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The strategic goal of ArcticHubs is to develop sustainable, solution-oriented responses for the reconciliation of competing livelihoods and land-use modes in Arctic hubs and their surroundings, whilst respecting the needs and cultures of local populations, e.g. Sámi in Fennoscandia.
Key industrial activities with high societal and economic value—such as mining, fish farming, tourism and forestry—will be analysed in terms of their consequences on ecosystem services and well-being of local communities.
Project leader is Luke (Natural Resources Institute Finland). Norwegian participants are Nofima, Norce Nina og Magma Geopark AS.
In addition there are 16 other participants from 10 different countries.
Recordings from seminars
21.06.2023
On 21 June 2023, the researchers organized a seminar on coexistence, dialogue and regional development in the Arctic with a focus on Finnmark. The seminar took place in Kirkenes.
05.05.2022
On 5 May 2022, the researchers organized a seminar on coexistence, dialogue and regional development in the Arctic with a focus on Finnmark. The seminar took place in Bugøynes.
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