GRID Polar Division News

Arctic side event during UNEP meeting in Nairobi

February 18, 2013, Nairobi, Kenya, - A side event entitled "What future for the Arctic?" was organized on the occasion of the First Universal Session of the Governing Council / Global Ministerial Environment Forum, held in Nairobi on February 18-22, 2013.

Mr. Ander Oskal, Arctic indigenous representative and Executive Director of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, gave a presentation on "Emerging threats to the Arctic environment and indigenous people´s livelihoods"

More information on the side event available here.

 

Anders Oskal during his presentation

Ander Oskal during his presentation on "Emerging threats to the Arctic environment and indigenous people´s livelihoods." © Lawrence Hislop

"What future for the Arctic?" side event

Ander Oskal´s presentation during the side event entitled "What future for the Arctic?" © Lawrence Hislop

Monday 18 Feb 2013

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