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Arctic SMARTIC: Strategic Management of Resources in Times of Change

IntroductionBased on real world resolution of a decades-long territorial dispute between Norway and Russia, the Arctic SMARTIC game leads participants through development of a strategy to manage competing Arctic marine resources using a spatial planning exercise. Participants prioritize vulnerable areas within the game region. Various strategies can be employed to problem-solve and resolve conflicting interests. The approach is flexible and can be used for a variety of audiences, for other regions, and at a variety of levels. SimulationParticipants are first introduced to the fundamentals of negotiation and spatial planning.Next, participants assume stakeholder role. Based on role information, including maps, stakeholders mark areas of high interest on the large map playing board. Stakeholders in conflict negotiate a resolution. The next step is to respond to one or more crises and then reflect on the both the simulation content and process.

Note: Shaded areas represent the Exclusive Economic Zones of Arctic nations.Vectors indicate directions of sea ice and surface ocean currents.

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Ecological Monographs, 79(1), 2009, pp. 25–58 2009 by the Ecological Society of AmericaGEORGE M. DURNER,1,15 DAVID C. DOUGLAS,2 RYAN M. NIELSON,3 STEVEN C. AMSTRUP,1 TRENT L. MCDONALD,3IAN STIRLING,4 METTE MAURITZEN,5 ERIK W. BORN,6 ØYSTEIN WIIG,7 ERIC DEWEAVER,8 MARK C. SERREZE,9STANISLAV E. BELIKOV,10 MARIKA M. HOLLAND,11 JAMES MASLANIK,12 JON AARS,13 DAVID A. BAILEY,11AND ANDREW E. DEROCHER14

Projected mid-century changes in polar bear habitat

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