OTH46 - Local to International Research and Action on Arctic and Northern Pollution Issues

Pollution issues in northern and Arctic regions and communities are a product of both local and distant sources. Mercury and other heavy metals, persistent organic pollutants, plastic, and black carbon are among the pollutants of concern for northern communities and people. These pollutants are assessed by research at different scales, including work with communities and through broader assessments of pollution across media, species, and regions. This work can provide information on pollutants in traditional/country foods, can help to support international initiatives and assessments that bring together experts to address transboundary pollution across the North, and may also be important to the implementation or evaluation of international treaties on pollution. This session invites presentations that address pollution at local, regional, national, and circumarctic scales, particularly those that work across these scales, and that contribute to knowledge and action on pollution in the North. 

Co-Chairs: Adam Morris, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada 

Brian Laird, University of Waterloo 

Eric Loring, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami