Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities (REXSAC) is an interdisciplinary research environment focusing on sustainability and Arctic mining.
Arctic
The Arctic is changing rapidly, with profound implications for social and ecological systems. SEI research seeks to understand the drivers, and implications, of these changes.
Protocol for a systematic mapping of impacts of metal mining in Arctic and boreal regions
Wetlands provide critical ecosystem benefits. This study inventories Arctic wetlands and reviews current knowledge on these unique environments.
This White Paper offer recommendations for EU research priorities on sustainable development in the polar regions.
UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook calls on decision makers to take action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the SDGs.
Aims and methods for developing an an interactive, cartographic map of the impacts of metal mining on Arctic social-ecological systems.
Why are Arctic wetlands so important? This brief discusses why and presents a new project that will recommend ways to preserve these unique environments.
Explore how Swedish state actors implement the duty to consult indigenous communities.
Arctic politics, resilience, journalism and local needs are some of the topics SEI will contribute to at this important international gathering.
Neal Haddaway explains how frustrations with evidence synthesis led to new work combining indigenous and scientific knowledge.
Is the Arctic Council prioritising investment over environment?
US Arctic policy development during the Obama presidency is viewed with a longer perspective, including how US interests in the region have been formulated.
Images of calving icebergs show the impacts of climate change in the Arctic. Rexsac researchers were in InIlulissat, in western Greenland.
REXSAC invites you to a film showing on 28 March at 17:30 at the Nordic Museum.
As mining in the Arctic increases, there is an urgent need to assess social and environmental impacts as well as mitigate negative impacts.
Strengthening engagement on the roles and functions of wetlands to support sustainable development and resilience in the Arctic.