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Arctic Biodiversity Symposium
Canadian Museum of Nature
Inuit Circumpolar Council
Kirt Ejesiak. November 18, 2010
ICC: Who we are
Inuit Circumpolar Council
155,000 Inuit live in the Arctic spread across Greenland, Canada,
Alaska (USA) and Chukotka (Russia). The Inuit Circumpolar Council
advocates for Inuit rights internationally.
ICC: What we do
Biodiversity
Wildlife
Contaminants
Trade
Health
Language
Research
Climate Change
Government Relations
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International Research
Activities and Opportunities
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• International Polar Year (IPY) &
Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL)
• Arctic Council
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) UNFCCC COP16
• CBD COP 10
• ArcticNet
• Northern Contaminants Program
Nagoya Protocol
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Access and Benefit Sharing
How is Climate Change Impacting
Biodiversity in the Arctic?
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Inuit Use of Biodiversity
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• Examples of Traditional Medicine
• Examples of commercialization
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What are the most pressing
issues to focus research
towards?
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What is the
greatest
impediment to
working on
these issues?
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What is the
most
important
point for
the general
public to
know about
this work?
Qujannamiik!
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