The effects of changing environment and human activities on the Arctic : Drivers and challenges in Svalbard

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00116224" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00116224 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/13682" target="_blank" >https://journals.muni.cz/CPR/article/view/13682</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/CPR2020-1-8" target="_blank" >10.5817/CPR2020-1-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The effects of changing environment and human activities on the Arctic : Drivers and challenges in Svalbard

Original language description

Climate change brings several layers of challenges to the Arctic. On the one hand, we can observe increased human activities that create potential for economic development –especially in mining, oil and gas industry, shipping, fisheries and tourism. On the other hand, these economic benefits pose a risk to the environment, local populations and traditional livelihood of the Indigenous peoples. In the following three years (2020-2022), recently established interdisciplinary team investigates the impact of climate change and human activities on natural environment in the Arctic. The team is composed of eight scientists with different specialization from three faculties of the Masaryk University – Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Science, and Faculty of Law. The research focuses on both the challenges and risk assessment in terrestrial ecosystems. The relation of natural environment changes to the human-to-environment interaction is investigated, as well as the consequences for the geopolitical, legal and security de-velopments in the Arctic region. Based on gained findings, risks analysis and recom-mendations for mitigating the impact of environmental changes on the natural envi-ronment and population in the specific Arctic territories will be done. The research directly contributes to encouraging interdisciplinary innovative approach with high added value and international impact. These innovative aspects of the project lie in the interdisciplinary character of the Arctic research across different specializations – natural science, social science and law, which has not been combined and investigated yet. Additionally, the project is unique due to its specific science communication and dis-semination of research findings, which aims at four levels of audiences – (i) academic community, (ii) policymakers, (iii) general public, and (iv) students.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50601 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Czech Polar Reports

ISSN

1805-0689

e-ISSN

1805-0697

Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

83-93

UT code for WoS article

000937824300008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85089776562