Arctic Perspectives

北极资源和气候已成为环极地居民、科学家、工程师和政策制定者日益关注的焦点。这一国际项目汇集了若干相关领域基础研究前沿的若干初级学者和若干资深学者，由一次讨论21世纪“北极前景”的工作会议组成。2010年6月，皮保罗·约瑟夫森(科尔比学院)将在俄罗斯纳良召开研究会议，讨论21世纪北极的关键问题，以及北极地区的科学和技术地位。这些问题包括但不限于：气候变化；对资源的新要求和日益激烈的竞争；国家政策决定因素与在资源管理方面达成充分的国际合作协议的必要性之间的紧张关系；对土著人民土地和资源权利的认识不断提高；以及对第四个国际极地年初步结果的审查。会议由俄罗斯联邦涅涅茨自治区行政当局联合主办，将汇集来自美国、俄罗斯、芬兰、挪威、丹麦、加拿大和因纽特人家乡的学者从历史和政策的角度考虑这些问题。会议与会者将审查：1)资源管理做法与国际合作紧张局势的国家决定因素，包括对管理北极资源的国际协议是否充分的评估；2)帝国、科学和经济发展；3)北极发展的基础设施；以及4)城市化、定居和移民等不断变化的问题。这次会议的地理焦点包括整个环极地区。这个项目是比较的；涉及研究人员和生活在北极的人之间的合作；集中在不同学科的前沿研究；并将有助于在学科、地区、研究人员、社区和学生之间形成伙伴关系。

Arctic resources and climate have become the increasing focus of attention of circumpolar residents, scientists, engineers, and policy makers,. Bringing together a number of junior and several senior scholars at the cutting edge of basic research in a number of pertinent fields, this international project consists of a working conference to discuss "Arctic Perspectives" in the 21st century. In June 2010 PI Paul Josephson (Colby College) will convene the research conference in Naryan Mar, Russia, to discuss crucial issues concerning the Arctic in the 21st century, and the place of science and technology in Arctic regions. These issues include, but are not limited to: climate change; new claims on, and mounting competition for resources; the tension between national determinants of policy and the need for adequate international agreements for cooperation in resource management; increasing awareness of the rights of indigenous peoples to land and resources; and an examination of the preliminary results of the fourth International Polar Year.Co-hosted by the Administration of the Nenets Autonomous Region of the Russian Federation, the conference will draw together scholars from the US, Russia, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Canada, and Inuit homelands to consider the issues from historical and policy perspectives. The conference participants will examine: 1) the national determinants of resource management practices versus tensions for international cooperation, including evaluation of the adequacy of international agreements to regulate Arctic resources; 2) empire, science and economic development; 3) the infrastructure of arctic development; and 4) changing issues of urbanization, settlement and migration. The geographic focus of this conference includes the entire circumpolar region. This project is comparative; involves collaborations between researchers and those living in the Arctic; centers upon cutting edge research in a variety of disciplines; and will help form partnerships among disciplines, regions, researchers, communities, and students.