Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea

Abstract

The Alaskan Context Welcoming Remarks, Mead Treadwell Conference Emphasizes Cooperation, Notes Gaps in Arctic Management, Tkac Panel I: Overview of Changes in the Arctic Environment and the Law of the Sea Introductory Remarks, Satya N. Nandan The UNCLOS Negotiations on Ice-Covered Areas, John Norton Moore Cooperation or Conflict in the Arctic, Rob Huebert National Maritime Claims in the Arctic, Brian J. Van Pay Panel II: Scientific Background Introductory Remarks, Barbara Moore Sea Floor Mapping and Exploration in a Changing Arctic Sea Ice Environment, Larry Mayer Changes in the Arctic Environment, Stephen A. Macko A Network of Marine Protected Areas in the Arctic: Promises and Challenges, Suzanne Lalonde Comments and Q & A for Panels I & II Panel III: Arctic Marine Transport Introductory Remarks, RADM Arthur E. Brooks The Arctic Council's Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, Lawson W. Brigham International Arctic Shipping: Towards Strategic Scaling-Up of Marine Environment Protection, Aldo Chircop Arctic Marine Transport: Navigation Issues, Capt. J. Ashley Roach (ret.) Panel IV: Northwest Passage, Northern Sea Route and Trans-polar Route Introductory Remarks, Rudiger Wolfrum The Northwest Passage: International Law, Politics and Cooperation, Ted L. McDorman Arctic Strategy and Military Security, CDR James Kraska Northern Sea Route: Legal Issues and Current Transportation Practice, Alexander S. Skaridov Comments and Q & A for Panels III & IV Panel V: New Challenges: Arctic Marine Environment & Biodiversity Introductory Remarks, David D. Caron Ensuring the Protection of Arctic Marine Biodiversity in the Face of Climate Change, Jennifer Jeffers Has International Law Failed the Polar Bear? Nigel Bankes New Roles for the US Coast Guard [PowerPoint only], CDR James D. McMahon The Need for Ecosystem-Based Management of the Arctic, H. Jordan Diamond Panel VI: Arctic Living Resources Introductory Remarks, David VanderZwaag Considering Future Arctic Fisheries, David A. Balton Issues in Arctic Fisheries Governance: A Canadian Perspective, Lorraine (Lori) Ridgeway A Perspective from an Alaskan Native, Earl Kingik Comments and Q & A for Panels V & VI Panel VII: Continental Shelf Limits and Jurisdiction Introductory Remarks, Tomas H. Heidar US Continental Shelf Policy, Margaret F. Hayes Danish Interests in the Arctic, Thomas Winkler Russian Policy on the Arctic Continental Shelf, Alexander S. Skaridov Complications in Delimiting the Outer Continental Shelf, Ron Macnab Panel VIII: Arctic Offshore Oil and Gas Resources Introductory Remarks, Paul L. Kelly Russia's Polar Oil and Gas Potential, Anatoly Zolotukhin Private Oil and Gas Development in the Arctic Ocean [Abstract & PowerPoint only], Peter Slaiby US Geological Survey Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal [Abstract & PowerPoint only], Brenda S. Pierce Comments and Q & A for Panels VII & VIII Panel IX: Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Introductory Remarks, Myron H. Nordquist The Disputed Maritime Zones Around Svalbard, Robin Churchill and Geir Ulfstein