R Ramsar Convention on Wetlands 25, 85 red king crab 40, 76-79

reindeer 7, 22, 40, 43, 46, 48-50, 52-57, 80 Reindeer Herding Vulnerability Network Study (EALÁT) 55

S

sea ice 7, 9-10, 20, 22, 34, 64, 66, 72, 74, 80 seal 40, 43, 64-71, 74, 84-85 sea-level rise 23 seal imports 43

shipping 9, 22, 32, 37, 40, 58, 60, 66, 74, 81 soft law 24 Standing Committee of Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region (SCPAR) 7, 10, 43, 80, 85 Stockholm Conference 25 Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) 23, 37, 85

T

tourism 32, 40, 58, 60, 76 tundra 7, 22, 30, 46, 50, 80

U

UNESCO Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage (WHC) 25, 27-28 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) 79, 85

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) 26-27, 61, 79, 81, 85 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 25 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) 10, 28, 31, 45, 85

V

vegetation zones 20 W

wolverine 40, 46-49 World Trade Organization (WTO) 27, 67

PROTECTING ARCTIC BIODIVERSITY 97