Springer Arctic Marine Resource Governance and Development (Springer Polar Sciences)

This book is based on presentations from the Conference ‘Arctic Marine Resource Governance’ held in Reykjavik Iceland in October 2015. The book is divided into four main themes: 1. Global management and institutions for Arctic marine resources 2. Resource stewards and users: local and indigenous co-management 3. Governance gaps in Arctic marine resource management and 4. Multi-scale, ecosystem-based, Arctic marine resource management’. The ecosystem changes underway in the Arctic region are expected to have significant impacts on living resources in both the short and long run, and current actions and policies adopted over such resource governance will have serious and ultimately irreversible consequences in the near and long terms. Review “Throughout the collection, cited research is well explained and documented. … generally the writing and presentation are accessible across disciplines. … The audience for Governance should include scholars and policymakers who wish to expand their appreciation of the wide ranging and complex elements of sustainably managing this great region. It should also include the advanced Student of the Arctic.” (Joseph F. C. DLMento, The Yearbook of Polar Law, Vol. 10, 2018) From the Back Cover This book is based on presentations from the Conference ‘Arctic Marine Resource Governance’ held in Reykjavik Iceland in October 2015. The book is divided into four main themes: 1. Global management and institutions for Arctic marine resources 2. Resource stewards and users: local and indigenous co-management 3. Governance gaps in Arctic marine resource management and 4. Multi-scale, ecosystem-based, Arctic marine resource management’. The ecosystem changes underway in the Arctic region are expected to have significant impacts on living resources in both the short and long run, and current actions and policies adopted over such resource governance will have serious and ultimately irreversible consequences in the near and long terms. About the Author Linda Fernandez: Linda Fernandez is associate professor of environmental and resource economics at Virginia Commonwealth University in the Department of Economics and Center for Environmental Studies. She received her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Her research explores public and private economic incentives for pollution control and natural resource protection at local through international scales. Transboundary environmental management has been a steady research topic at different scales of analysis of multi environmental media (air , land, water). Her research findings have been used to inform policymakers at state, national and international levels of governance. International maritime trade and marine resource management between countries is a current research area set in the Arctic with grant funding from the Belmont Forum/National Science Foundation. She has received research grants from the National Science Foundation, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Haynes Foundation and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Joan Nymand Larsen: Dr. Joan Nymand Larsen is professor of economics and Arctic studies at University of Akureyri, and research director and senior scientist at the Stefansson Arctic Institute, Akureyri, Iceland. Her current research is focused on the issues and challenges of economic development and living conditions in the Arctic; socio-economic impacts of global change; and the development of systems for monitoring human well-being. She is co-editor of the Arctic Human Development Report (2015); Arctic Social Indicators (2015); The New Arctic (2015); editor of The Polar Journal´s special issue on Polar Economics (2016); and coordinating lead author of the IPCC 5th assessment report´s Polar Regions chapter (2014). Brooks Kaiser: Dr. Brooks Kaiser is an environmental and resource economist and economic historian. She holds