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We believe the world’s resources should be owned in common and managed for the maximum benefit of local people.
through research, stakeholder engagement, and policy advocacy, we apply the best practices in commons governance in three geographic program areas: Alaska, the Arctic, and developing nations. Our work covers issues ranging from constitutional and governance reform, energy and fisheries, to intergenerational equality and financial stewardship.
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Project Library
Explore some of our projects spanning the last 30 years.
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The Institute of the North hosts a comprehensive training course on the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) of 1980, which resulted in nearly 140 million acres becoming federal conservation system units, such as national parks and wildlife refuges.
The aim of the ArcBlue project is to contribute to both blue value creation and development of competence. It will also aim to promote both the exchange of knowledge and cooperation within the blue sectors of fisheries and aqua-/mariculture in the Arctic regions of Northern Norway, Alaska, and Greenland.
Through a series of online workshops, fellows will engage in inter-regional community-based research where they will navigate the intersection of Western science and Indigenous knowledge to address the impacts of climate change in Arctic communities.