Society, Environment and Human Security in the Arctic Barents Region

The Arctic-Barents Region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges. This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of the Arctic-Barents Region. It applies the human security framework, which has increasingly gained currency at the UN level since 1994 (UNDP), as a tool to provide answers to many questions that face the Barents population today. The study explores human security dimensions such as environmental security, economic security, health, food, water, energy, communities, political security and digital security in order to assess the current challenges that the Barents population experiences today or may encounter in the future. In doing so, the book develops a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, challenges and needs in the Barents Region and provides recommendations for new strategies to tackle insecurity and improve the wellbeing of both indigenous and local communities. This book will be a valuable tool for academics, policy-makers and students interested in environmental and human security, sustainable development, environmental studies and the Arctic and Barents Region in particular.

Kamrul Hossain is a Research Professor and Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland. Dorothée Cambou is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki.

Preface General introduction and the structure of the book KAMRUL HOSSAIN AND DOROTHÉE CAMBOU PART I Theory and context 1.1 The question of societal security in the Arctic KAMRUL HOSSAIN 1.2 The Barents Region, a society with shared security concerns in the Arctic DOROTHÉE CAMBOU AND LASSI HENINEN PART II Assessment 2.1 Environmental security in the Barents Region SARAH MACKIE 2.2 Economic security in the Barents Region ANNA PETRÉTEI AND DOROTHÉE CAMBOU 2.3 Health security in the Barents Region SUSANNA PÄÄKKÖLÄ AND DOROTHÉE CAMBOU 2.4 Food security in the Barents Region SHAUN CORMIER AND DELE RAHEEM 2.5 Water security in the Barents Region ANTONIA SOHNS 2.6 Energy security in the Barents Region: A focus on societal perspectives HANNA LEMPINEN AND DOROTHÉE CAMBOU 2.7 Personal security in the Barents Region TAHNEE PRIOR AND PATRICK CIASCHI 2.8 Community security of indigenous peoples in the Barents Region GIUSEPPE AMATULLI AND JOËLLE KLEIN 2.9 Political security in the Barents Region DOROTHÉE CAMBOU 2.10 Digital security in the Barents Region MIRVA SALMINEN Conclusion KAMRUL HOSSAIN AND DOROTHÉE CAMBOU