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The Wild North: Network Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in a Fragile Marine Environment in the Arctic Region

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Rapidly increasing tourist flows to the Arctic North have put focus on the sustainable development of tourism in natural environments. The Wild North project shows how different stakeholders in a network across the Arctic North deal with the need for a development of sustainable use of wildlife in a tourism context by using interdisciplinary research, active cooperation, and exchange of knowledge. The wildlife focused in this international project consists of arctic foxes, whales, seals, and birds. The project demand came from the tourism industry and was taken up by public organizations and academies within nature protection and tourism management. The project has also the maintainability of a destination in focus together with its sustainability.

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  1. Institute of Freshwater Fisheries, Brekkugata 2, 530, Hvammstangi, Iceland

    Sandra Magdalena Granquist

  2. Hólar University College, 551 Hólar, Sauðárkrókur, Iceland

    Per Åke Nilsson Ph.L.

  3. The Icelandic Seal Centre, Brekkugata 2, 530, Hvammstangi, Iceland

    Sandra Magdalena Granquist & Per Åke Nilsson Ph.L.

  4. Hammerdal Förlag & Reportage, Häradsvägen 11, 83070, Hammerdal, Sweden

    Per Åke Nilsson Ph.L.

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  1. , Department of Geography and Economic His, Umeå University, Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 3, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden

    Dieter K. Müller

  2. , Department of Geography and Economic His, Umeå University, Samhällsvetarhuset, Plan 3, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden

    Linda Lundmark

  3. , School of Outdoor Recreation, Parks and, Lakehead University, Oliver Rd. 955, Thunder Bay, P7B 5E1, Ontario, Canada

    Raynald H. Lemelin

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Granquist, S.M., Nilsson, P.Å. (2013). The Wild North: Network Cooperation for Sustainable Tourism in a Fragile Marine Environment in the Arctic Region. In: Müller, D., Lundmark, L., Lemelin, R. (eds) New Issues in Polar Tourism. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5884-1_8

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