Center for Arctic Policy Director Amy Lovecraft says the new federal strategy has a lot of buzzwords and goals, but the document falls short of providing clarity for how those goals might be met.
The Coast Guard icebreaker Healy breaks ice in the Nome Harbor on Jan. 13, 2012. a move welcomed by the Alaska congressional delegation. But it’s unclear what it means for residents back in Alaska.
“So, it’s got a lot of buzzwords: conserve and protect, you know, Arctic ecosystems, Indigenous co-production, co-management. Right. What do all those things mean? And so it seems like it’s pretty specific, and so in that sense there are initiatives mentioned,” Lovecraft said. “How do you make people that are living in the Arctic, their lives affordable to live up here?” he wondered. “The food is high. The transportation costs are high. The heating costs are high. Everything is too exorbitant.”“A large portion of it needs to be focused on global warming and the effects that it’s having on places like Newtok, and places that are eroding; the permafrost melting away. What effect does it have on our food supply for salmon?” Hoffman said.U.S.
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