First-Order Priorities
Research and development
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- Determine if there are potential climate impacts of Arctic MPAs, in particular for Arctic sea ice.
- Determine the relationship between shipping activity and Arctic sea ice extent, with respect to breaking up sea ice.
Enabling conditions
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- Implement an interconnected, transboundary, pan-Arctic MPA network to protect the globally unique marine Arctic area (Harris et al. 2017).
- Further development of what priorities look like in different places for different actors will be needed.
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