Arctic options: Holistic integration for arctic coastal-marine sustainability
Principal Investigators:
Paul Berkman, Frank W. Davis, Jean Claude Gascard, Christine Provost, and Oran R. Young
Interests are awakening globally to take advantage of extensive energy, shipping, fishing, and tourism opportunities associated with diminishing sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. This 3-year research project will develop and demonstrate an international, interdisciplinary and inclusive process to enhance the practice of governance for sustainability in Arctic coastal-marine systems, balancing: (a) national interests and common interests; (b) environmental protection, social equity and economic prosperity; and (c) needs of present and future generations.... more
Interests are awakening globally to take advantage of extensive energy, shipping, fishing, and tourism opportunities associated with diminishing sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. This 3-year research project will develop and demonstrate an international, interdisciplinary and inclusive process to enhance the practice of governance for sustainability in Arctic coastal-marine systems, balancing: (a) national interests and common interests; (b) environmental protection, social equity and economic prosperity; and (c) needs of present and future generations. To achieve this holistic project goal, we will carry out tasks addressing the four ArcSEES themes (Natural and Living Environment; Built Environment; Natural Resource Development; and Governance) and including: interdisciplinary data aggregation; geospatial integration of the data to reveal plausible developmental scenarios; annual workshops to generate infrastructure and policy options; and applications of the findings to current issues of Arctic governance. The sustainability process will be elucidated through case-studies focusing on current ‘hot spots’ in the Western Arctic - Bering Strait and Beaufort-Chukchi Seas (United States, Canadian and Russian interests) – and the Eastern Arctic - Barents Sea (Norwegian and Russian interests) and West Greenland (Greenlandic, Danish, and Canadian interests). We will engage policy makers in the process from bodies like the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, which has a transboundary remit in the Arctic Ocean. To enhance its cost-effectiveness, this project has established links to the SEARCH (Study of Environmental Change: www.arcus.org/search) and ACCESS (Arctic Climate Change, Economy and Society: www.access-eu.org) projects that are supported extensively within the United States and Europe, respectively. This project – which is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation and Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique – also will add value through partnerships with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (www.nceas.ucsb.edu) in the United States and institutions in France associated with the ACCESS project as well as the Ice Atmosphere Arctic Ocean Observing System project (www.iaoos-equipex.upmc.fr). The holistic process we develop to generate and share options for Arctic coastal-marine sustainability will be memorialized by publications and through a video series involving lessons of ‘science diplomacy’ to further stimulate education by and for the benefit of all stakeholders (i.e., representatives of government agencies, academia, industry, non-governmental organizations and civil society). The sustainability process we develop and demonstrate in this project focusing on the Arctic Ocean will have implications everywhere on Earth where resources, human activities, and their impacts extend across or beyond the boundaries of sovereign states.
This project is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation Arctic Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (ArcSEES) Program to NCEAS and UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management.
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Participants and Meetings


Working Group Participants
Activity | Dates | Further Information |
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Working Group | 5th—6th December 2013 | Participant List |
Working Group | 20th—24th October 2014 | Participant List |
Participant Contact Information
Jenifer Austin | jaustin@google.com | Google Inc |
Paul Berkman | paul.berkman@tufts.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Lawson W. Brigham | lwb48@aol.com | University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Frank W. Davis | frank.davis@nceas.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Hajo Eicken | hajo.eicken@gi.alaska.edu | University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
LeeAnne French | french@nceas.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jean Claude Gascard | jga@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr | Université Pierre et Marie Curie |
Benjamin S. Halpern | halpern@nceas.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Karen P. Pletnikoff | karenp@apiai.org | Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association (APIA) |
Christine Provost | cp@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr | Université Pierre et Marie Curie |
Nathalie Sennechael | nas@locean-ipsl.upmc.fr | Université Pierre et Marie Curie |
Charlotte Vick | charlotte.vick@gmail.com | Sylvia Earle Alliance (SEA) |
David Wright | hdcamera@me.com | Planet Earth Pictures |
Oran R. Young | young@bren.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jamie Afflerbach | afflerbach@nceas.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Sara Denka | sdenka@bren.ucsb.edu | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Jon L. Fuglestad | jon.fuglestad@amap.no | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
Art Ivanoff | ivanoffart49@gmail.com | Bering Sea Alliance |
Brendan Kelly | bkelly@mbayaq.org | Monterey Bay Aquarium |
Igor Krupnik | krupniki@si.edu | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
Olivia Lee | olivia.lee@gi.alaska.edu | University of Alaska, Fairbanks |
Dino Lorenzini | dino@spacequest.com | SpaceQuest, Ltd. |
Ed Lorenzini | ed@analyzecorp.com | Analyze Corp. |
Russell Luttman | russell.luttman@crowley.com | Crowley Marine Services, Inc. |
Denise Michels | dmichels@nomealaska.org | City of Nome, Alaska |
Elena Norkina | lennorkina@gmail.com | University Moscow State Institute of International Relations |
Greg Pavellas | greg.pavellas@crowley.com | Crowley Marine Services, Inc. |
Julie Raymond-Yakoubian | JRaymond-Yakoubian@kawerak.org | Kawerak, Inc. |
Lars-Otto Reiersen | lars-otto.reiersen@amap.no | Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme |
Martin Robards | mrobards@wcs.org | Wildlife Conservation Society |
Jimmy Stotts | jimmy@iccalaska.org | Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska |
Dennis Thurston | dennis.thurston@boemre.gov | Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |
Fran Ulmer | fran.ulmer@uaa.alaska.edu | University of Alaska, Anchorage |
Alexander Vylegzhanin | sopspravo@mail.ru | MGIMO University |
Dan Yocum | danyocum@gmail.com | University of California, Santa Barbara |
Products: Publications, Reports, Datasets, Presentations, Visualizations
Type | Products of NCEAS Research |
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Presentations | Berkman, Paul. 2014. The Emperor's New Clothes: Unstructured Data Does Not Exist in the Realm of Big Data. International Conference on Data Sharing and Integration for Global Sustainability in New Delhi, India. |
Journal Article | Berkman, Paul. 2014. 'Unstructured data' practices in polar institutions and networks: A case study with the Arctic options project. Data Science Journal. Vol: 13. Pages 1-8. (Online version) |
Report or White Paper | Berkman, Paul; Davis, Frank W.; Gascard, Jean Claude; Provost, Christine; Young, Oran R. 2015. Arctic Options Year 2 Annual Report . NSF Annual Report. |
Journal Article | Berkman, Paul. 2015. Institutional dimensions of sustaining Arctic observing networks (SAON). Arctic. Vol: 68. Pages 89-99. (Online version) |
Journal Article | Brigham, Lawson W. 2015. Future perspective: The maritime Arctic in 2050. Fletcher Forum of World Affairs. Vol: 39(1). Pages 109-1120. |
Journal Article | Halpern, Benjamin S.; Frazier, Melanie; Potapenko, John; Casey, Kenneth S.; Koenig, Kellee; Longo, Catherine S.; Stewart Lowndes, Julia; Rockwood, R. Cotton; Selig, Elizabeth R.; Selkoe, Kimberly A.; Walbridge, Shaun. 2015. Spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world's ocean. Nature Communications. Vol: 6(7615). Pages 1-7. (Online version) |
Book | Kim, Yoon Hyung; Young, Oran R.; Kim, Jong Deog. 2014. The Arctic in World Affairs: A North Pacific Dialogue on International Cooperation in a Changing Arctic. Edited by Young, O.R; Kim, J. D. and Kim, Y. H. 2014 North Pacific Arctic Conference Proceedings. Korea Maritime Insittute; East-West Center . Seoul; Honolulu. Pages 444. |
Book Chapter | Young, Oran R. 2014. Navigating the Arctic/non-Arctic Interface: Avenues of Engagement. Edited by Young, O.R; Kim, J. D. and Kim, Y. H. The Arctic in World Affairs: A North Pacific Dialogue on International Cooperation in a Changing Arctic. Korea Maritime Insittute; East-West Center. Seoul; Honolulu. Pages 267-334. |
Book Chapter | Young, Oran R. 2015. Adaptive Governance for a Changing Arctic. Edited by Leiv Lunde, Jian Yang & Iselin Stensdal Asian Countries and the Arctic Future. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.. Toh Tuck Link. Pages 15-34. |
Presentations | Young, Oran R. 2015. Governing the Antipodes: International Cooperation in Antarctica and the Arctic. US Library of Conference in Washington, DC. |
Presentations | Young, Oran R. 2015. The Arctic Council at twenty: How to maintain effectiveness in a rapidly changing environment. Symposium on Arctic Governance. |
"Arctic options: Holistic integration for arctic coastal-marine sustainability " is project ID: 12682