Shipping in Inuit Nunangat

Download or read book Shipping in Inuit Nunangat written by Kristin Bartenstein and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shipping in Inuit Nunangat is a timely multidisciplinary volume offering novel insights into key maritime governance issues in Canadian Arctic waters that are Inuit homeland (Inuit Nunangat) in the contemporary context of climate change, growing accessibility of Arctic waters to shipping, the need to protect a highly sensitive environment, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The volume includes policy, legal and institutional findings and recommendations intended to inform scholars and policymakers on managing the interface between shipping, the marine environment, and Indigenous rights in Arctic waters.