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People of the Ice Bridge: the Future of the Pikialasorsuaq
People of the ice bridge: The future of the Pikialasorsuaq National Advisory Panel on Marine Protected Area Standards, Iqaluit, Nunavut June 9, 2018 FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS AND NEXT STEPS FROM THE PIKIALASORSUAQ COMMISSION Map of Pikialasorsuaq between Nunavut, Canada and Greenland CONTEXT: INTERNATIONAL • Growing momentum in ocean protection by applying conservation measures to designated marine areas • Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Aichi Target 11: NOAA Arct1047, Fairweather. >10% of marine and coastal areas to be conserved • The Arctic Council’s working group Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment has created toolboxes to help Arctic countries and regions develop Marine Protected Areas. • Many organizations supporting and promoting marine protection of key areas in Circumpolar Arctic (WWF, IUCN) Photo credit:Crew & officers of NOAA ship NOAA of officers & credit:Crew Photo CONTEXT: CANADA • Federal commitment to Aichi Target • Mechanisms under different federal departments, e.g.: – Marine Protected Areas (DFO) – National Wildlife Areas (ECCC) – National Marine Conservation Area (Parks Canada) • 2017 proposal by Mary Simon—create Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) Iglunaksuak Point/Kangeq. On the way from Siorapaluk to Qaanaaq. Photo credit: Kuupik Kleist Kuupik credit: Photo PIKIALASORSUAQ COMMISSION • Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) initiated the Inuit-led Pikialasorsuaq Commission Commissioners Kuupik Kleist, Okalik Eegeesiak, Eva Aariak Photo credit: Byarne Lyberth Byarne credit: Photo PIKIALASORSUAQ COMMISSION • -
Udenrigspolitisk Redegørelse 2018
EM/2018/14 Udenrigspolitisk Redegørelse 2018 Billede: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) EM 2018/14 Sags nr. 2018 – 2195 EM 2018/14 Side 1 af 86 1. Indledning For at sikre Grønlands synlighed og interesser internationalt, er det vigtigt at vores land er en aktiv aktør i den internationale politik. Det er derfor vigtigt med en nødvendig repræsentation i vores primære samarbejdslande, samt videre vigtigt at deltage og markere sig i internationale møder og konferencer. Jeg havde således fornøjelsen, sammen med Udenrigsminister Anders Samuelsen, den 22. og 23. maj 2018, at markere 10 året for vedtagelsen af Ilulissat erklæringen, en absolut skelsættende begivenhed for vores land og Arktisk og en erklæring som har været med til at sikre fred og stabilitet i den arktiske region. Foruden værterne deltog repræsentanter fra USA, Canada, Rusland, Finland, Sverige, Norge, Island og Færøerne samt repræsentanter for ICC og Samerådet. Alle medlemslandene fra Arktisk Råd, samt de 6 oprindelige folks organisationer repræsenteret i Arktisk Råd, var således inviteret til markeringen, således en større kreds, end de 5 arktiske kyststater, der vedtog erklæringen tilbage i 2008. Denne udvidelse af kredsen blev gennemført med henblik på større medinddragelse af de aktører, som implementerer principperne i erklæringen. På ministermødet blev vigtigheden af at fokusere på den arktiske befolkning fremhævet. Vores mest fremtrædende opgave i Arktisk er at vi som folk er med til at lede dialogen om, og udviklingen af, vores region. Den grønlandske repræsentation i Reykjavik er nu under etablering, og forventes endelig officielt åbnet i 4. kvartal af 2018. Repræsentationen forventes at bidrage til at vedligeholde og udvide de eksisterende samarbejder med Island, samt styrke de politiske og handelsmæssige forbindelser. -
Gunnar Seidenfaden and His Heritage: Developments in the Diversity and Organization of Thai Orchid Studies
THAI FOR. BULL. (BOT.), SPECIAL ISSUE: 156–168. 2009. Gunnar Seidenfaden and his heritage: developments in the diversity and organization of Thai orchid studies HENRIK Æ. PEDERSEN1, SANTI WATTHANA2 & KANOK-ORN SRIMUANG3 ABSTRACT. Modern Thai orchidology was initiated by Seidenfaden & Smitinand’s The Orchids of Thailand: a Preliminary Listt (1959–1965). Until the end of his career, Seidenfaden maintained a leading position with regard to taxonomic research in the orchids of Thailand (although from 1992 he became more focused on neighbouring regions), and contributions from other orchidologists were sparse. Despite Seidenfaden’s eventually decreasing number of publications on Thai orchids, no less than 50 appeared in 1998–2007 compared to 24 in 1988–1997. Correspondingly, 49 authors contributed in 1998–2007 compared to 21 in 1988–1997, and the share of Thai authors increased from 24 % to 46 %. At present, at least four PhD students, 11 MSc students and 42 professional or retired biologists in Thailand are doing research on Thai orchids. The number of publication categories has gradually grown from four in 1958–1967 to nine in 1997–2008, and also the publication activity among non- professionals has increased considerably. The recent developments challenge our ability to organize ongoing Thai orchid research as team work. Establishment of a research group to prepare the Flora of Thailand account, planned online access to the Seidenfaden Database and establishment of the Native Thai Orchid Network are examples of initiatives that serve to promote data-sharing, collaboration and creation of interdisciplinary synergy. KEY WORDS: Data-sharing, Flora of Thailand, Gunnar Seidenfaden, networking, Orchidaceae INTRODUCTION The renowned orchidologist and former Danish ambassador to Thailand, Gunnar Seidenfaden (Figs 1–2), would have celebrated his 100th birthday in 2008. -
Eske Brun Og Det Moderne Grønlands Tilblivelse 1932 – 64
Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse 1932 – 64 Ph.d.-afhandling af Jens Heinrich, juni 2010 Hovedvejleder dr. phil., lektor Thorkild Kjærgaard, Ilisimatusarfik Bivejleder ph.d. Søren Forchhammer I tilknytning til Ilisimatusarfik/Grønlands Univesitet KVUG (Kommissionen for Videnskabelige Undersøgelser i Grønland) Forside foto – Eske Brun, ca. 1940 © Nunatta Katersugaasivia/Grønlands Nationalmuseum Johan Carl Brun Gotfred Hansen (1711-75) læge (1765-1835) Stamtræ vinhandler Kilde DBL Constantin Brun (Brun og Hansen, (1746-1836) storkøbmand Nb. - ikke alle er inkluderet) Andreas Nicolai Hansen (1798-1873) Carl Frederik Balthazar Brun Ida de Bombelles f. Brun grosserer (1784-1869) godsejer, kammerherre (1792-1857) kunstner Petrus Friederich (Fritz) Constantin Alexander Brun Carl A. A. F. J. Brun Alfred Peter Hansen Octavius Hansen James Gustav Hansen Brun (1813-1888) amtmand (1814-1893) (1824-1898) (1829-1893) (1838-1903) (1843-1912) biavler, landmand generalmajor ingeniør politiker, grosserer, politiker, etatsråd sagfører Oscar Brun Axel Brun Erik Brun Constantin Brun Charles Brun Rigmor Hansen Ingeborg Hansen (1851-1921) (1870-1958) (1867-1915) (1860-1945) (1866-1919) (1875-1948) (1873-1949) landmand, politiker læge læge diplomat amtmand, politiker Carl Brun (1897-1958) Eske Brun diplomat (1904-1987) Departementschef Gift i 1937 med Ingrid f. Winkel (1911-) Tre børn; Johan (1938-), Christian (1940-) og Ida (1942- ) Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse 1932-1964 Indholdsfortegnelse Forord ................................................................................................................................................ -
Geology of Greenland Bulletin 185, 67-93
Sedimentary basins concealed by Acknowledgements volcanic rocks The map sheet was compiled by J.C. Escher (onshore) In two areas, one off East Greenland between latitudes and T.C.R. Pulvertaft (offshore), with final compilation 72° and 75°N and the other between 68° and 73°N off and legend design by J.C. Escher (see also map sheet West Greenland, there are extensive Tertiary volcanic legend). In addition to the authors’ contributions to the rocks which are known in places to overlie thick sedi- text (see Preface), drafts for parts of various sections mentary successions. It is difficult on the basis of exist- were provided by: L. Melchior Larsen (Gardar in South ing seismic data to learn much about these underlying Greenland, Tertiary volcanism of East and West Green- sediments, but extrapolation from neighbouring onshore land); G. Dam (Cretaceous–Tertiary sediments of cen- areas suggests that oil source rocks are present. tral West Greenland); M. Larsen (Cretaceous–Tertiary Seismic data acquired west of Disko in 1995 have sediments in southern East Greenland); J.C. Escher (map revealed an extensive direct hydrocarbon indicator in of dykes); S. Funder (Quaternary geology); N. Reeh the form of a ‘bright spot’ with a strong AVO (Amplitute (glaciology); B. Thomassen (mineral deposits); F.G. Versus Offset) anomaly, which occurs in the sediments Christiansen (petroleum potential). Valuable comments above the basalts in this area. If hydrocarbons are indeed and suggestions from other colleagues at the Survey are present here, they could either have been generated gratefully acknowledged. below the basalts and have migrated through the frac- Finally, the bulletin benefitted from thorough reviews tured lavas into their present position (Skaarup & by John Korstgård and Hans P. -
Eske Brun Og Det Moderne Grønlands Tilblivelse 1932-64
Naalakkersuisut Grønlands Selvstyre INUSSUK • Arktisk forskningsjournal 1 • 2012 Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse Jens Heinrich Naalakkersuisut Grønlands Selvstyre INUSSUK • Arktisk forskningsjournal 1 • 2012 Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse Jens Heinrich Eske Brun og det moderne Grønlands tilblivelse 1932-64 INUSSUK - Arktisk forskningsjournal 1 - 2012 Copyright © Forfatter & Departementet for Uddannelse og Forskning, Nuuk 2012 Tilrettelæggelse: allu design - www.allu.gl Sats: Verdana Forlag: Forlaget Atuagkat ApS Tryk: AKA Print A/S, Århus 1. udgave, 1. oplag Oplag: 500 eksemplarer ISBN 97-887-92554-38-3 ISSN 1397-7431 Uddrag, herunder figurer, tabeller og citater er tilladt med tydelig kildeangivelse. Skrifter der omtaler, anmelder, citerer eller henviser til denne publikation, bedes venligst tilsendt. Skriftserien INUSSUK udgives af Departementet for Uddannelse og Forskning, Grønlands Selvstyre. Det er formålet at formidle resultater fra forskning i arktis, såvel til den grønlandske befolkning som til forskningsmiljøer i Grønland og Danmark. Skriftserien ønsker at bidrage til en styrkelse af det arktiske samarbejde, især inden for humanistisk, samfundsvidenskabelig og sundheds- videnskabelig forskning. Redaktionen modtager gerne forslag til publikationer. Redaktion Forskningskoordinator Forskningskoordinator Najâraq Paniula Lone Nukaaraq Møller Departementet for Departementet for Uddannelse og Forskning Uddannelse og Forskning Grønlands Selvstyre Grønlands Selvstyre Postboks 1029, 3900 Nuuk Postboks 1029, 3900 Nuuk Telefon: +299 34 50 00 Telefon: +299 34 50 00 Fax: +299 32 20 73 Fax: +299 32 20 73 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Publikationer i serien kan rekvireres ved henvendelse til Forlaget Atuagkat ApS Postboks 216 3900 Nuuk Email: [email protected] www.atuagkat.gl Indholdsfortegnelse Indledning • Forord af Bo Lidegaard . -
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Lankesteriana ISSN: 1409-3871 Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica Pedersen, Henrik Æ.; Find, Jens i.; Petersen, Gitte; seberG, Ole On the “seidenfaden collection” and the multiple roles botanical gardens can play in orchid conservation Lankesteriana, vol. 18, no. 1, 2018, January-April, pp. 1-12 Lankester Botanical Garden, University of Costa Rica DOI: 10.15517/lank.v18i1.32587 Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44355536001 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Journal's webpage in redalyc.org Portugal Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative LANKESTERIANA 18(1): 1–12. 2018. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v18i1.32587 ON THE “SEIDENFADEN COLLECTION” AND THE MULTIPLE ROLES BOTANICAL GARDENS CAN PLAY IN ORCHID CONSERVATION HENRIK Æ. PEDERSEN1,3, JENS I. FIND2,†, GITTE PETERSEN1 & OLE SEBERG1 1 Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Øster Voldgade 5–7, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark 2 Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 23, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C, Denmark 3 Author for correspondence: [email protected] † Deceased 2nd December 2016 ABSTRACT. Using the “Seidenfaden collection” in Copenhagen as an example, we address the common view that botanical garden collections of orchids are important for conservation. Seidenfaden collected live orchids all over Thailand from 1957 to 1983 and created a traditional collection for taxonomic research, characterized by high taxonomic diversity and low intraspecific variation. Following an extended period of partial neglect, we managed to set up a five-year project aimed at expanding the collection with a continued focus on taxonomic diversity, but widening the geographic scope to tropical Asia. -
Exploring Greenland: Science and Technology in Cold War Settings Matthias Heymann, Henrik Knudsen, Maiken L
Document generated on 09/28/2021 8:37 a.m. Scientia Canadensis Canadian Journal of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine Revue canadienne d'histoire des sciences, des techniques et de la médecine Exploring Greenland: Science and Technology in Cold War Settings Matthias Heymann, Henrik Knudsen, Maiken L. Lolck, Henry Nielsen, Kristian H. Nielsen and Christopher J. Ries Comparative Issues in the History of Circumpolar Science and Article abstract Technology This paper explores a vacant spot in the Cold War history of science: the Volume 33, Number 2, 2010 development of research activities in the physical environmental sciences and in nuclear science and technology in Greenland. In the post-war period, URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/1006149ar scientific exploration of the polar areas became a strategically important DOI: https://doi.org/10.7202/1006149ar element in American and Soviet defence policy. Particularly geophysical fields like meteorology, geology, seismology, oceanography, and others profited greatly from military interest. While Denmark maintained formal sovereignty See table of contents over Greenland, research activities were strongly dominated by U.S. military interests. This paper sets out to summarize the limited current state of knowledge about activities in the environmental physical sciences in Publisher(s) Greenland and their entanglement with military, geopolitical, and colonial interests of both the USA and Denmark. We describe geophysical research in CSTHA/AHSTC the Cold War in Greenland as a multidimensional colonial endeavour. In a period of decolonization after World War II, Greenland, being a Danish colony, ISSN became additionally colonized by the American military. Concurrently, in a 0829-2507 (print) period of emerging scientific internationalism, the U.S. -
Greenland in Figures 2014 11Th Revised Edition · Editorial Deadline: March 2014
Greenland in Figures 2014 Greenland in Figures 2014 11th revised edition · Editorial deadline: March 2014 Published by Statistics Greenland Telephone: +299 34 57 70 · Fax: +299 34 57 90 [email protected] · www.stat.gl Edited by Bolatta Vahl and Naduk Kleemann, Statistics Greenland Typesetting, graphics, and photos by NUISI grafik Printed by DAM grafisk Number printed: 1,500 · Unit price: Free of charge © Statistics Greenland 2014 Quotations from this leaflet are permitted provided that the source is acknowledged. ISBN: 978-87-986787-8-6 EAN: 9788798678786 ISSN: 1602-5709 GReenLand in figuRes 2014 3 Greenland · Kalaallit Nunaat Indigenous people from the North American continent settled in Greenland over 4,500 years ago. Since then Greenland has been in- habited by several indigenous peoples. Around 1,000 years ago Greenlandic ancestors (the Thule Culture) settled in northern Green- land, whereas Scandinavian Viking settlers arrived in the southern Greenland around the same time. Today the country is called Kalaallit Nunaat, which means “the Country of the Greenlanders”. Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark that consists of Den- mark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. However, Greenland is not part of the EU as it withdrew from the union as of February 1 1985 following a referendum in 1982. Greenland has its own national flag, issues its own stamps, and is part of the Danish monetary and exchange union. In 1979, Greenland was granted home rule. In June 2009, a bill on self-government was passed following a referendum on the question on November 25 2008. Self-government was established on June 21 2009, 30 years after the introduction of the home rule. -
The Big Thaw
THE WILSON QUARTERLY The Big Thaw To much of the world, Green- land is an obscure island sheathed in ice, a giant white blotch on the map. Now, a warming climate is freeing up the country’s resources in pre- viously frozen expanses of land and sea, and Greenlanders are bestirring themselves to seek independence from Denmark. BY JOSHUA KUCERA Nuuk, Greenland, is a poky little place. Its fanciest hotel shares a building with a grocery store. A town of brightly painted wooden houses against a dramatic mountain backdrop, Nuuk looks like a western ski resort with some European-style public housing thrown in. But in this sleepy setting, where a population of 15,000 lives a mere 150 miles south of the Arctic Cir- cle, a revolution is brewing. Very slowly. For decades, Greenlanders have gently agitated for greater freedom from Denmark, the nation that colonized them centuries ago. In 1979, they attained home rule—which produced, among other changes, a new, Inuit name for the capital, Nuuk (pronounced the polls to take another major step out of Denmark’s “nuke”), formerly known by the Danish name shadow: They are likely to approve a law that will Godthåb. On November 25, Greenlanders will go to formally give Greenland the right to declare independence and make Greenlandic—which is Joshua Kucera is a freelance journalist based in Washington, D.C. His closely related to the Inuit languages spoken in articles have appeared in Slate, Time, and Jane’s Defence Weekly, among other publications. Canada—rather than Danish, the official language. -
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100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener's Contributions To
The University of Manchester Research 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener’s Contributions to Tornado Research in Europe DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0316.1 Document Version Accepted author manuscript Link to publication record in Manchester Research Explorer Citation for published version (APA): Antonescu, B., Ricketts, H., & Schultz, D. (2019). 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener’s Contributions to Tornado Research in Europe. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(4), 567-578. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0316.1 Published in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Citing this paper Please note that where the full-text provided on Manchester Research Explorer is the Author Accepted Manuscript or Proof version this may differ from the final Published version. If citing, it is advised that you check and use the publisher's definitive version. General rights Copyright and moral rights for the publications made accessible in the Research Explorer are retained by the authors and/or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Takedown policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please refer to the University of Manchester’s Takedown Procedures [http://man.ac.uk/04Y6Bo] or contact [email protected] providing relevant details, so we can investigate your claim. Download date:04. Oct. 2021 1 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener’s Contributions to Tornado 2 Research in Europe 1;2 ∗ 1 1 3 Bogdan Antonescu , Hugo M. A. M. Ricketts , and David M.