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1. FWDP -- Inuit Circumpolar Conference Documents
- www.cwis.org
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference Documents .
- TXT - Climate Change and the Circumpolar Region: Inuit Circumpolar Conference Backgrounder on Climate Change.
- TXT - Inuit Perspectives on Climate Change - Statement by Rosemarie Kuptana, President of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference to the Second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 16-19 July 1996 .
- TXT - Brochure on the UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference and Chiefs of Ontario.
- TXT - The Inuit Circumpolar Conference Resolution on A Nuclear Free Zone in the Arctic.
- TXT - Biographic Sketch of Rosemarie Kuptana, President, Inuit Circumpolar Conference .
2. The International Union of Circumpolar Health
- www.iuch.org
- The International Union for Circumpolar Health (IUCH) is an international non-governmental organization, with members, adhering bodies and affiliates throughout the circumpolar regions. ... The health problems and needs of northern peoples has become the focus of the only organization of its kind dedicated to the health problems of the circumpolar regions--the International Union for Circumpolar Health.
- The circumpolar health movement began in the 1960's in order to bring together medical scientists, health care specialists, health administrators, and indigenous peoples of the Far North. ... As a result of the circumpolar movement, a unique International Congress series was developed. ...
- In 1981, the IUCH was formally established as a unique entity at the 5th International Congress on Circumpolar Health held in Copenhagen, Denmark. ... Thus the IUCH is a multilateral scientific union, currently headquartered in Copenhagen, Danmark, which strives to contribute to the growing body of scientific medical and public health research data for the circumpolar regions and globally.
- In order to support its members and affiliates, and the scientific and indigenous communities at large, the IUCH has clearly established working groups that concentrate on specific health problems of importance to circumpolar populations, maintains several publications and supports international efforts in Telemedicine and Health Informatics.
- Promote international cooperation in circumpolar health; .
- Encourage and support research and exchange of scientific information in the circumpolar health sciences; .
- Promote public awareness of circumpolar health; .
- Promote and encourage the participation of indigenous peoples in circumpolar health affairs. ...
- International Union for Circumpolar Health.
3. Canadian Circumpolar Institute - University of Alberta
- cci.onware.ca
- Circumpolar Research at the University of Alberta Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI) Established on July 1, 1990, the Canadian Circumpolar Institute was founded on a 30-year tradition of excellence in northern research at the University of Alberta. ... Canadian Circumpolar Institute Canadian Circumpolar Library (CCL) The Canadian Circumpolar Library (CCL), now an integral component of the Science and Technology Division of the University of Alberta Library System, was founded and is still supported in part by CCI. ... Canadian Circumpolar Library University of Alberta Northern Research Network As an interdisciplinary centre, CCI's mandate is to coordinate players and resources to answer calls for research. ... Research Member Profiles Request a Membership University of Alberta Circumpolar Students' Association (CSA) The UA-CSA, formed by students with northern interests, meets several times a year to share experiences and common interests through various academic and social activities--from workshops, conferences, seminars and discussion groups, to film nights and other social events. ...
- Current & Upcoming Events There are no current or upcoming Canadian Circumpolar Institute events.
4. WWW Virtual Library: Circumpolar Peoples
- www.ldb.org
- Circumpolar Peoples .
- This WWW Virtual Library offers access to WWW resources regarding Circumpolar Peoples. ...
- Coverage of all Indigenous Peoples in the Circumpolar Region cannot be accomplished by one person. ...
- If you feel you are the person to take care of a country, or countries or even regions, please let me know, and I will hand over the task of maintaining the respective section of the WWW Virtual Library: Circumpolar Regions to you. ...
- Alaskan and Circumpolar Coalition .
- ; and specific studies dealing with the impact of petroleum, gas, hydroelectric, and other forms of large scale natural resource development in selected regions of the Circumpolar North .
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference - "an NGO that represents the 125,000 Inuit of Russia (Chukotka), United States of America (Alaska), Canada, and Denmark (Greenland). ...
- Map of the Circumpolar North .
- WWW VL Circumpolar Peoples Main Page .
5. Extensive project description - Circumpolar Coping Processes Project (CCPP)
- www.unesco.org
- MOST Circumpolar Coping Processes Project (CCPP).
- a northern circumpolar perspective.
- Circumpolar Coping Processes project .
- Circumpolar Problems : Coping with globalisation, a Learning Process .
- Circumpolar Coping Processes project.
- The Circumpolar Coping Processes project was proposed as a regional MOSTproject by Svein Jentoft, Nils Aarsæther and Abraham Hallenstvedt, following the MOST Sub-regional meeting at the University of Tromsø, 30-31 March 1995. ... The project description was presented and discussed at the Circumpolar Coping Processes Project Meeting at the University of Tromsø, 30 August 1996. ...
- Circumpolar Problems : Coping with globalisation, a Learning Process.
- Within the process of globalisation, the ambiguous consequences of radical modernity might be more apparent in the Northern regions of Canada, Russia and the Nordic countries, than anywhere else, as this overall circumpolar region is an extremely modernised periphery, dependant upon natural resources that have involved international trade for centuries. ...
- Global influence and the "global village" may lead to social differentiation, atomisation, chaos and mass psychological loss of social identity, as illustrated by current processes in all circumpolar regions. ...
- As research into coping processes is obviously adequate in the Circumpolar region, the results and the approach of research is relevant for other regions of the world. ...
- Research into Circumpolar Coping Processes inevitably has to combine local and global perspectives - but it must also compare coping strategies of different local and regional agents. ...
- Also, entrepreneurial participation in new growth industries as tourism is a challenging process to study within the Circumpolar region. ...
- Alcohol problems, identity conflicts, violence and suicides are also most common among men in the Circumpolar region. ...
- The long-term objective of the MOST Circumpolar Coping Processes Project is to contribute to social innovations and sustainable development of the Circumpolar Region, thereby avoiding marginalisation. ...
- Thereby, the project intends to develop policy guidelines in interaction with communities of the Circumpolar region. ...
6. Circumpolar Stars
- www.physics.emich.edu
- Project Goal: To observe circumpolar stars from different latitudes.
- Circumpolar stars seem to move around the NCP once each day and are always above the horizon. That is, circumpolar stars never set.
- To begin your observations click Circumpolar Stars Viewed From Detroit, Michigan .
- Then Click Circumpolar Stars Viewed From London, England.
- Which constellations are circumpolar at Detroit?.
- Which constellations are circumpolar at London?.
- Are the same constellations circumpolar at both Detroit and London?______________.
7. Circumpolar star - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- en2.wikipedia.org
- Circumpolar star.
- Circumpolar stars are those stars which are located near the celestial poles of the celestial sphere, i. ... Some of the most circumpolar stars do not seem to engage in diurnal motion, at all.
- The North Star and circumpolar stars .
- Such a definition implies that different stars can be defined as circumpolar at different Earth latitudes. ... For an observer exactly on the equator, no star can be defined circumpolar, as the pole itself is on the horizon. ...
- On the northern hemisphere all circumpolar stars rotate around the North Star Polaris, which itself is almost stationary, always at the north (i. ...
8. WWW Virtual Library: Circumpolar Peoples: Women
- www.ldb.org
- last updated --> WWW VL Circumpolar Peoples: Women .
- Circumpolar Women's Conference - Whitehorse, Yukon (Canada), 18-20 November 1999 - this site also offers the Northern Women WebCenter which provides access to excellent resources on women in the circumpolar region .
- WWW VL Circumpolar Peoples Main Page .
9. Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC)
- www.inuitcircumpolar.com
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference.
10. Circumpolar Conservation Union
- www.circumpolar.org
- Circumpolar.
- E-mail: circumpolar@igc. ...
- © 2000 Circumpolar Conservation Union.
11. CARC briefs - Toward Sustainable Development in the Circumpolar North
- www.carc.org
- in the Circumpolar North .
- In the circumpolar Arctic, sustainable development is a policy objective shared by the eight Arctic states. ... Bilateral and multilateral arrangements between Arctic states to deal with transboundary environmental issues and migratory species of wildlife have in recent years been supplemented by circumpolar approaches to these issues (Young, 1992 and 1996). ...
- Further circumpolar initiatives are planned. ...
- Arctic nation is uneven, but progress nationally is mirrored on the circumpolar stage. Resolutions passed by the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) since 1977 stress connections between economic development and environmental management, cultural protection and enhancement and Inuit involvement in decision making. ...
- A second challenge is to define a policy, planning, and research agenda that reflects more fully the various components of sustainability and to have this agenda acted upon by national governments and regional and circumpolar bodies, particularly the AEPS. ...
- Finally, the whole question of TEK needs to be given far greater weight in environmental management throughout the circumpolar world. ...
- Inuit Circumpolar Conference, A Selective and Annnotated Bibliography: The Participation of Indigenous Peoples and the Application of their Environmental and Ecological Knowledge in the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy, Volume 2, August, 1993. ...
- We, the Representatives of the indigenous peoples organizations of the Arctic, being the Inuit Circumpolar Conference, the Nordic Sami Council, and the USSR Association of Northern Small Peoples; .
12. Paleoecological Analysis of Circumpolar Treeline
- www.geog.ucla.edu
- Paleoecological Analysis of Circumpolar Treeline.
- Circumpolar Treeline.
- The circumpolar treeline is the ecotone between the taiga or boreal biome and the tundra biome. ... In Europe the circumpolar treeline is formed by Betula (birch) and Pinus sylvestis (Scots pine). ...
- PACT (Paleoecological Analysis of Circumpolar Treeline) is an international collaborative effort to reconstruct circumpolar treeline location, climate and environmental conditions over the Holocene. ... Efforts are now concentrated on laboratory analysis of samples, synthesis of existing data and preparation of a 1000-year 'time slice' record of circumpolar treeline location and environmental conditions. ...
- PACT research in Canada and Siberia (See PACT Publications 3 and 6) has shown that analysis of lake sediments for fossil stomates from coniferous trees can provide a spatially precise indication of the past presence or absence of trees and circumpolar treeline study sites. ...
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