%0 Journal Article
%T POTENTIALS FOR THE PROTECTION OF PIKIALASORSUAQ IN THE SHADOW OF CONTEMPORARY MARITIME INDUSTRIES
%A Apostolos Tsiouvalas
%J -
%D 2019
%X The Pikialasorsuaq or North Water Polynya is a polynya that lies between Greenland and Canada in northern Baffin Bay. For centuries small scale family-based markets had been developed between the Inuit of two sides based on cross-border transportation. However, the emerged modern maritime industries have posed serious challenges for the polynya where the free cross-border transportation is nowadays banned, and the environmental threat has become a reality deteriorated further by climate change. Indigenous participation and Free Prior and Informed Consent are crucial for the conservation of the polynya. Accordingly, this article was designed as a descriptive study of the current situation in Pikialasorsuaq, providing the legal framework for the protection of the region and highlighting the existing system¡¯s shortcomings
%K Pikialasorsuaq
%K Inuit
%K contemporary maritime industries
%K cross-border transportation
%K Marine Protected Areas
%K FPIC
%U http://casopisi.junis.ni.ac.rs/index.php/FULawPol/article/view/4541