Environmental Security in the Arctic Ocean (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)
Автор: [автор не указан] Год: 2012 Издание: [не указанo] Страниц: 500 ISBN: 9400747128 This seminal book results from a NATO Advanced Research Workshop at the University of Cambridge with Russian co-directorship, enabling the first formal dialogue between NATO and Russia about security issues in the Arctic Ocean.A InvolvingA interdisciplinary participation withA experts from 17 nations, including all of the Arctic states, this workshop itself reflects progress in Arctic cooperation and collaboration. Interests now are awakening globally to take advantage ofA extensive energy, shipping, fishing and tourism opportunities in theA Arctic OceanA as it is being transformed from a permanent sea-ice capA to a seasonally ice-free sea.A This environmental state-changeA is introducing inherent risks of political, economic and cultural instabilities that are centralized among the Arctic states and indigenous peoples with repercussions globally.A Responding with urgency, environmental security is presented asA an "integrated approach for assessing and responding to the risks as...
