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The European Commission issued a press release on 18 March announcing that €2 billion is to be fast forwarded to the creation of the European Innovation Council.
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There is no Capelin (Mallotus villosus) to be found in Icelandic waters this year after extensive search by fisherman and research by the Maritime institute, leading to no quota issued, resulting in extreme financial consequences for people and small communities in Iceland. Capelin is considered the second most ecologically and economically important fish in Icelandic waters, with the yearly catch sometimes reaching over 1 million tons.
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According to scientists at the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center and NASA “ Sea ice in the Arctic appears to have hit its annual maximum extent after growing through the fall and winter. The 2019 wintertime extent reached on March 13 ties with 2007’s as the 7th smallest extent of winter sea ice in the satellite record.“
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The biggest nation in the world and one of the smallest can now learn to speak each other´s language. According to the official gateway to the Faroe Islands (faroeislands.fo) a Chinese-Faroese dictionary is now available online for free for users anywhere in the world. The dictionary can be found on the Faroese dictionary portal Sprotin.
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Press release from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia: “Comprehensive plan "Implementation of the mineral and logistical potential of the Arctic", developed by the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, sent to the Government of the Russian Federation.
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An interesting article on the Ecosystem service in the Arctic: a thematic review has recently been published and can now be found in our library. The article written by, Malinauskaite, Cook, Davíðsdóttir, Ögmundsdóttir and Roman presents a systematic review of the existing literature on Arctic Ecosystem Services (ES).
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The tenth issue of Polar Prediction News for March 2019 has been published. It includes a feature by Halldór Jóhannsson the manager of Arctic Portal on the Future of Arctic Shipping.
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According to the Russian newsagent TASS, Russia is putting the Northern Sea Route under its protection. However, US representatives have repeatedly stated that they are also interested in the Northern Sea Route and that they as well as Canada, number of European countries and even China will claim access to the North.
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A success story on the Arice project that Arctic Portal is a partner in has been published online on the webpage of the European Commission.
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The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) has released the Global Mercury Assessment 2018.
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A meeting between Anton Kobyakov, Adviser to the President of the Russian Federation, and Mikko Hautala, Ambassador of Finland to Russia, took place on 4 March.
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The International Arctic Forum business programme has been released. The event will take place in St. Petersburg on 9–10 April 2019, under three main pillars: Coastal Territories, The Open Ocean, and Sustainable Development.