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International Circumpolar Surveillance (ICS): Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases
(Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group, 2006)Human health is a critical component of any sustainable development program. Sustainable economic development is frequently accompanied by changes in a number of factors, which impact human health and promote the emergence ... -
Meeting Summary: Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), Kotzebue, Alaska, February 07-08, 2017
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-13)Meeting summary, from the SDWG gathering in Kozebue, Alaska, 7-8 February 2017. -
One Health; Operationalizing One Health in the Arctic
(Sustainable Development Working Group, 2017-05-11)One Health is a particularly well-matched tool to advance the understanding of health threats from the direct and indirect impacts of climate change in the Arctic. As a multidisciplinary approach, One Health strengthens ... -
Proceedings of the Arctic Indigenous Languages Symposium
(Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada, 2008)The symposium was significant for two reasons: it was the first time that there has been an Arctic Council symposium focusing on the importance of indigenous languages and their role in maintaining indigenous cultures and ... -
Proceedings: Arctic Transportation Infrastructure: Response Capacity and Sustainable Development
(Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group, 2012)The Arctic Maritime and Aviation Transportation Infrastructure Initiative (AMATII) serves as an initial platform for inventorying critical assets in the Arctic’s aviation and maritime environment. The Initiative facilitates ... -
Recommendations for the Integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into the Work of the Arctic Council.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)Recommendations for the Integration of Traditional and Local Knowledge into the Work of the Arctic Council, delivered by the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG) at the Arctic Council's 9th Ministerial ... -
Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups - Strengths United through Networks 2015-2017
(Sustainable Development Working Group, 2017-05-11)Under the US Arctic Council Chairmanship theme of Improving Economic and Living Conditions in Arctic Communities, the RISING SUN initiative used a consensus-building process to identify common outcomes and their measures ... -
Reindeer Herding, Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation to Climate Change and Loss of Grazing Land
(Arctic Council's Sustainable Development Working Group, 2009)The IPY EALÁT project (EALÁT: Reindeer herding, traditional knowledge, adaptation to climate change and loss of grazing land) was designed to gather information about the environmental changes which Arctic reindeer herders ... -
Results of an Arctic Council Survey on Water and Sanitation Services in the Arctic
(Sustainable Development Working Group, 2017-05-11)Access to clean drinking water and sanitation is a basic human right. The 2015 UN Goals for Sustainable Development include providing access to safe and affordable drinking water and adequate sanitation and hygiene for all ... -
Review of Cancer among Circumpolar Indigenous Peoples. Summary Report to the Sustainable Development Working Group
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015-01-19)Cancer is a growing health problem among circumpolar Indigenous peoples and effective prevention and control measures require valid and reliable surveillance data to support planning and evaluation. While circumpolar ... -
SDWG Strategic Framework - Part One: Strategic Vision; Part Two: Implementation Plan
(Arctic Council Secretariat, 2017-02-13)Through its work, the SDWG will develop networks that strengthen the capacity of Arctic Indigenous peoples and Arctic communities as a whole. The aim is to provide decision-makers with knowledge-based information, derived ... -
SDWG Strategic Framework 2017
(Sustainable Development Working Group, 2017-05-11)The Framework constitutes the context in which the SDWG's activities will be conducted over the period 2017-2030. It provides the SDWG with a Strategic Vision statement and an Implementation plan that frame the Working ... -
The Sea Ice Never Stops. Circumpolar Inuit Reflections on Sea Ice Use and Shipping in Inuit Nunaat.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2014-12)This expanded survey by the Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) is the product of an ongoing contribution to the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment (AMSA) conducted by the Arctic Council. An earlier scoping report, The Sea Ice ... -
Sharing Hope. Circumpolar Perspectives on Promising Practices for Promoting Mental Wellness and Resilience.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)Suicide in circumpolar regions is a pressing health policy concern and is understood within a complex socio-economic historical context of the Arctic’s Indigenous Peoples. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates ... -
Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic
(Norwegian Polar Institute, 2009)This document constitutes the final report of the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group’s project on Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in the Arctic (VACCA). The VACCA project was initiated ... -
Water Innovations for Healthy Arctic Homes (WIHAH) - Conference report
(Sustainable Development Working Group, 2017-05-11)The Water Innovations for Healthy Arctic Homes (WIHAH) conference was held in Anchorage, Alaska, September 18-21, 2016. The conference convened international experts, engineers, health experts, academics and community ... -
Women and Natural Resource Management in the Rural North
(Forlaget Nora, Kvinneuniversitetet i Nord. Website: http://www.kun.nl.no/, 2004)The “Women and Natural Resource Management in the Rural North” project gives an account of women’s relationship with several resource-based industries and industrial developments in the Arctic Region, with fieldwork reports ... -
Women's Participation in Decision-making Processes in Arctic Fisheries Resource Management
(Forlaget Nora, Kvinneuniversitetet i Nord, Website: http://www.kun.nl.no/, 2002)With fisheries in the Arctic as the area of research, the intent of this project was to do research on three levels of resource management. • Individual power – ownership and leadership in fisheries and fishery-related ... -
Youth. The Future of Reindeer Herding Peoples. Arctic Council EALLIN Reindeer Herding Youth Project 2012-2015.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)This report is one of the deliverables to the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group project 'EALLIN - The Voice of Reindeer Herding Youth 2012-2014'. The main goal of the project was to maintain and further ... -
Youth. The Future of Reindeer Herding Peoples. Executive Summary.
(Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG), 2015)This report is a summary of one of the deliverables to the Arctic Council Sustainable Development Working Group project ‘EALLIN – The Voice of Reindeer Herding Youth 2012-2014’. The main goal of the project was to maintain ...
