Dr Soro Dogniméton1, Dr Koutoua Ayolié1, Dr  Bakayoko Sidiky1, Mr  Yéo Lacina1, Dr  Zro Bi  Ferdinand Gohi1, Professor KOUADIO Yatty Justin1, Professor Angui Tehua Pascal2 1University Jean Lorougnon Guede; Côte d’Ivoire, Daloa, Côte d’Ivoire, 2University Nagui Abrogoua, Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan,...

Maj Gen Randy ‘Church’ Kee This paper explores the increased demands of urgent and emergency responses on US Coast Guard and other maritime operator missions including search and rescue, humanitarian assistance, and disaster response in the context of significant environmental...

Professor Heather Nicol This paper explores the layered relationship between security practice in the Canada-US Arctic borderlands and Northern communities’ well-being. Evolving management practices that stem from southern border policy have defined a security relationship between Alaska, Yukon and the...

Professor Christian Leuprecht The literature, policy, and practice in managing borders and their integrity in North America is dominated by paradigms from the continent’s more southern borders – since that is where most people live and most good cross the...

Ms Elena Zharkova1 1Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, Washington DC, USA Russia has not been in favour of the establishment of large scale Marine  Protected Areas in CCAMLR, particularly where the fishing potential is not well researched.  There is no...

Jiliang Chen1 1The Greenovation Hub, Beijing, China Antarctic policy is seen as a marginal issue in  China’s government.  The ASOC campaign to promote Southern Ocean MPAs has generated increased public interest on Antarctic issues and has begun to shape the...

Ms Claire Christian1 1Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition, Washington DC, USA While shipping in polar regions  continues to grow, additional traffic is putting these sensitive areas at risk for negative ASOC coordination and leadership of eNGOs interested in this issue...

Ms Nicole Bransome1 1The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington DC, USA The combined impacts of a changing climate and concentrated coastal fishing are having negative impacts on krill predators and Southern Ocean ecosystems, but the Commission for CAMLR   has the mandate...

Ms Lyn(da) Goldsworthy1 1Imas, Utas, Batehaven, Australia Article II of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR) defines the CCAMLR’s objective as ‘the conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources’.  Rational use is permitted if it satisfies...

Ms Danielle Pensley1 1City of Fairbanks, Alaska, Fairbanks, United States In 2014, PFAS contamination from decades of exercises involving aqueous fire-fighting foam was found at the site of the Regional Fire Training Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Groundwater testing over the...