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Territorial expansion on Arctic agenda for Russia

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 16:37 — Last Updated: Monday, November 3, 2014 at 21:16
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Russia eyes huge new territories in the Arctic after comprehensive mapping of the North Pole area. Speaking onboard Russia’s top

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US icon sinking in melting ice? The photo was taken in the Arctic Ocean northwest of Svalbard the 7th of September 2014. (Christian Auslund / Greenpeace)
Blog Environment Environment (USA) Special Features USA 

Ice-Blog: The Arctic on the UN agenda

Irene Quaile
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Thursday, April 16, 2015 at 19:31
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To those of us who deal with the Arctic on a regular basis, the significance of the melting ice for

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Aili Keskitalo is President of the Norwegian Sami Parliament. (Thomas Nilsen / Barents Observer)
Russia Society Society (Russia) 

Alarming situation for indigenous peoples in Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 13:36 — Last Updated: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 18:46
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President of the Norwegian Sàmi Parliament, Aili Keskitalo, presses the alarm bell to world leaders meeting in New York about

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The Sami flag. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP)
Russia Society Society (Russia) Special Features 

Sami leader harassed by police on way to UN conference

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 22, 2014 at 15:42 — Last Updated: Thursday, February 14, 2019 at 14:47
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Valentina Sovkina was on her way from Lovozero on Russia’s Kola Peninsula to the UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples.

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Plastic waste threatens oceans say Swedish researchers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 10:45
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Researchers in Sweden are calling on people to use less plastic in an effort to help protect the oceans as

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Clouds above the Baltic Sea. (Bernd Wuestneck / dpa / AP)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Sweden: Cleaner Baltic to yield billions

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 11:04
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Sweden stands to gain SEK 27 billion per year and 70,000 new jobs if the Baltic Sea is cleaned up,

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Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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