GEO 605 Midterm: GE0605 MIDTERM
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Involvement of arctic indigenous communities and other inhabitants on common issues: particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection, member states canada, denmark, finland, iceland, norway, russia, sweden usa. Indigenous have been granted permanent participants status in council; has full consultation rights in connection with council negotiations and decisions but no voting rights. What do the various video clip perspectives on canada"s north tell you about canadian"s idea of the. North and the cultural, economic and environmental conditions in the north, past and present: cultural fn people were treated poorly, were not allowed to have their own practices and languages were repressed; punished students who were caught. O little food, little income and deal with food insecurity; do not have enough healthy food: usually rely on country foods, those they can hunt, kill and eat for their own liking; Cannot do this now due to climate change and decreasing populations of wild animals.