The Compensation for Losses to Indigenous Peoples Due to the Arctic Industrial Development in Benefit Sharing Paradigm

Gassiy, Violetta; Potravny, Ivan

doi:10.3390/resources8020071

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“…The expansion of the area of industrial production largely leads to the emergence of conflicts, since the zones of stress are expanding, which means that traditional economy (reindeer husbandry, fishing, hunting) suffers. In such a situation, benefit sharing mechanisms are able to solve the problem of compensation for losses of indigenous peoples by creating funds to invest in projects for sustainable development of the territory [11].…”

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Russian Arctic ecosystem sustainability in rapid changes and challenges

Gassiy

Sleptsov

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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The issues of the ensuring of the Arctic ecosystem sustainability are considered in the paper. The authors research the main approaches to sustainable development policy implemented by the Arctic countries, including the Russian Federation. The relevance of the study is justified by the ongoing rapid changes in the Arctic space lead to negative consequences associated with the safety of human life in the northern regions. The article also substantiates the positive aspects of climate change and their impact on sustainable development. Based on statistical analysis, the authors identify the main trends in socio-economic and environmental changes in the Russian Arctic. The Conclusion outlines the directions for ensuring of ecosystem sustainable development, based on innovation, non-conflict coexistence of northern communities and business, the implementation of a rational state policy based on the balance of the economy, social sphere and natural capital.

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Russian Arctic ecosystem sustainability in rapid changes and challenges

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Sleptsov

2021

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“…This is particularly acute in the intact coastal areas of the arctic, which are the homelands for diverse groups of indigenous peoples, each with their own distinct cultures, histories and livelihood practices such as reindeer herding, subsistence whale and seal hunting, and commercial fisheries. In these cases, it will be crucial to work with these communities to maintain the ecological integrity of these intact coasts in the face of industrial development pressures, while harnessing their traditional ecological knowledge for the process of adapting to climate change (Fondahl et al 2015; Gassiy & Potravny 2019). Non-area based management approaches such as mitigating land-use change to prevent increased pollution run-off (Hamilton et al 2017), or enhanced regulation of degrading activities (Wenger et al 2018b) will also play a crucial role.…”

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The global rarity of intact coastal regions

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Management of the land-sea interface is considered essential for global conservation and sustainability objectives, as coastal regions maintain natural processes that support biodiversity and the livelihood of billions of people. However, assessments of coastal regions have focused on either strictly the terrestrial or marine realm, and as a consequence, we still have a poor understanding of the overall state of Earths coastal regions. Here, by integrating the terrestrial human footprint and marine cumulative human impact maps, we provide a global assessment of the anthropogenic pressures affecting coastal areas. Just 15.5% of coastal areas globally can be considered having low anthropogenic pressure, mostly found in Canada, Russia, and Greenland. Conversely, 47.9% of coastal regions are heavily impacted by humanity with most countries (84.1%) having >50% of their coastal regions degraded. Nearly half (43.3%) of protected areas across coastal regions are exposed to high human pressures. In order to meet global sustainability objectives, we identify those nations that must undertake greater actions to preserve and restore coastal regions so as to ensure global sustainable development objectives can be met.

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“…Also, the business could construct the social and transport infrastructure which are considered by Potravny as the non-monetary compensation. Burtseva notes that there is a strong need to create a clear, easy-to-understand algorithm for both industrialists and the indigenous communities to calculate losses [12]. The approved methodology causes a lot of complaints.…”

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Land Resources Evaluation for Damage Compensation to Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic (Case-Study of Anabar Region in Yakutia)

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The compensation for losses caused to the indigenous peoples in Arctic Russia due to the industrial development of their traditional lands is an urgent question whose resolution requires development of new mechanisms and tools. The losses caused to indigenous traditional lands are part of the damage caused to the natural environment, their culture and livelihood. In the Russian Federation cultural impact assessment is a rather new tool aiming to protect indigenous peoples' rights to lands. In this paper the authors show the applied side of the cultural assessment that is used to improve the methodology of the calculation of losses adopted by ministry of regional development in Russia in 2009. This methodology is based on the resource disposition and evaluation of traditional lands. Accordingly, compensation payments are calculated as the sum of the losses in traditional economic activities such as: reindeer herding, hunting, fishing and gathering. Such compensation is considered by authors as the elements of a benefit-sharing system. In practice, this methodology has been tested at industrial projects on alluvial diamonds in Yakutia. In this paper we look at the Polovinnya project case-study which deals with indigenous peoples of Dolgans and Evenks and argues that such a justified, understandable methodology both for indigenous peoples and subsoil user could reduce to a minimum the conflict of interests.

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The Compensation for Losses to Indigenous Peoples Due to the Arctic Industrial Development in Benefit Sharing Paradigm

Cited by 20 publications

References 17 publications

Russian Arctic ecosystem sustainability in rapid changes and challenges

Russian Arctic ecosystem sustainability in rapid changes and challenges

The global rarity of intact coastal regions

Land Resources Evaluation for Damage Compensation to Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic (Case-Study of Anabar Region in Yakutia)

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