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Economic Growth and Wildlife Conservation in the North Pacific Rim, Highlighting Alaska and the Russian Far East

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Many people, including numerous decision makers, throughout the world still perceive Alaska as an unspoiled wilderness, where space has few limits and resources are nearly inexhaustible (see also “Lomborg Errors,” www.lomborg-errors.dk/, accessed 17 August 2012); however, such perceptions are far from reality. Furthermore, despite Alaska and the circumpolar Arctic having experienced the effects of anthropogenic climate change for over two decades, most politicians, public officials, and the media in the USA either have not understood or have refused to acknowledge the link between climate change and economic activity, focusing instead on dubious arguments over scientific uncertainty. Additionally, habitat alterations and losses resulting from economic activities, and their dramatic influence on wildlife species and populations, are usually not acknowledged by policy makers, and barely by local conservationists and NGOs.

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This work represents a summary of many years of study, travel, and fieldwork in the region and the three poles, reflecting the situation in 2012. I thank my coworkers and colleagues in Canada, Alaska, Russia, Japan, the USA, and elsewhere for their advice and encouragement. This is EWHALE publication #80.

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Huettmann, F. (2014). Economic Growth and Wildlife Conservation in the North Pacific Rim, Highlighting Alaska and the Russian Far East. In: Gates, J., Trauger, D., Czech, B. (eds) Peak Oil, Economic Growth, and Wildlife Conservation. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-1954-3_7

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