Shipping in Inuit Nunangat Governance Challenges and Approaches in Canadian Arctic Waters

• Other Authors: Bartenstein, Kristin (Editor), Chircop, Aldo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Brill 2023
• Subjects: Law of the sea; International human rights law; Canada; Arctic environment protection; Arctic shipping; Arctic sovereignty; Canada Arctic waters; Climate change and shipping; Governance of Arctic shipping; Indigenous rights; Indigenous self-determination; Inuit Nunangat; Low-impact shipping corridors; Maritime regulation; Northwest Passage; Polar shipping regulation; Reconciliation
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Summary

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.

ISBN

9789004508576
9789004508569

Access

Open Access