The western and northern continental margins of the barents sea region are characterised by fanshaped protrusions located at the mouth of crossshelf troughs and therefore named troughmouth fans tmfs by vorren et al. Society, environment and human security in the arctic. The international barents secretariat in kirkenes was established in 2008. The articles are of varying length and cover most aspects of life in the region, such as the history, demography, geography, economy, culture, and languages of the citizens living in the barents region. South and north barents triassicjurassic total petroleum. The main purpose is to promote closer dialogue between the indigenous peoples, the regional governments and the federal. Terms of reference administrative manual kirkenes declaration barents regional council about the. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the arctic is placed as referent, and special attention is paid to the. Sami in all the four barents countries, and nenets and veps on the russian side. He was born on terschelling around 1550, and died on the 20th june 1597 near novaya zemlya.
This book provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 800 2010 written by 27history researcher within the thirteenth subregions of the barents region. Barents sea simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Success stories from the barents region encyclopedia of the barents region. The barents region the barents euroarctic region, europes largest region for interregional cooperation, includes the northernmost parts of sweden, norway, finland and northwest russia. Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic. Pdf oil and gas extraction in the barents region is dominated by norway and russia. The governance of the arcticbarents region and food. The barents region is a name given, by advocates of establishing international cooperation after the fall of the. The portal contains general information about the region and articles giving an overview of different topics and links the portal is maintained by the arctic centre, university of lapland. The region has a huge potential with its huge recourses in knowledge based. The barents sea is a marginal sea of the arctic ocean. The barents cooperation promotes peopletopeople contacts and economic development and creates good condtions for interregional exchange in many different fields. The portal contains general information about the region and articles giving an overview of different topics and links the portal is maintained by the arctic centre, university of lapland data protection and cookies. A time of change people and life in the barents region.
Often, these experiences are gendered posing ongoing and potential threats to individuals roles. Barentsz was not his surname but rather his patronymic name, short for barentszoon barents son a cartographer by trade, barentsz sailed to spain and the mediterranean to complete an atlas of the mediterranean region, which he copublished with petrus plancius. The nature is unique and the environment vulnerable, with wide tundra areas in the north and extensive boreal forests zones in the south. The barents region in the scandinavian and russian arctic is emerging as one of the most dynamic and versatile eastwest initiatives in europe. The barents region has over five million inhabitants, including several indigenous peoples. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, a textbook intended for university students of history previously published by pax 2015, the encyclopedia presents information on a broad range of topics that should appeal not only to experts in academia and government but also. It is suitable as a course book in history for students at university level, but also for social sciences and for others. The journal aims to promote research cooperation and popularization of research results in the barents region by sharing topical.
The barents region has rapidly developed into one of the most interesting. The ministers of foreign affairs or representatives of denmark, finland, iceland, norway, the russian federation, sweden and the commission of the european communities participated in the conference. Glacial history of the barents sea region sciencedirect. However, the region has not been excluded from violent struggle, and has even seen fullscale modern warfare.
Another 80 words 6 lines of text covering the years 1752, 1597, 1594, 1658 and 1722 are included under the topic early barents history in all our pdf extended. It is suitable as a course book in history for students at university level, but also for social sciences and for others interested in the comparative transnational history of. The encyclopedia of the barents region contains 415 articles covering the history, culture and economy, as well as the background to the establishment of the barents region. Cultural cooperation in the barents region strategy 20142018 publications of the ministry of education and culture, finland 2014. Its eastern corner, in the region of the pechora rivers estuary, has been known as pechorskoye morye, that is, pechora sea. The barents sea, 1 barentsburg and barents region were all named after him. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, has eight chapters, each written by four authors, one from each of the four countries belonging to the barents region, and one concluding chapter. Beac was founded at the conference on cooperation in the barents euroarctic region took place in kirkenes norway on 11 january 1993 in accordance with the kirkenes declaration of 1993. The barents history textbook as well as the barents encyclopedia are intended for a broad readership.
Often, these experiences are gendered posing ongoing and potential threats to individuals roles in shaping change and in community adaptation. Geological survey editorial standards or with the north american stratigraphic code. The barents region consist of the land mass of the european arctic region and includes two eu member states sweden and finland, one eea country norway and russia. It discusses the economic value of different resources. Barents euroarctic council beac is the forum for intergovernmental cooperation on issues concerning the barents region. History resurrected in postsoviet europe 599 nick hayes bg. The working group of indigenous peoples in the barents region will organize the 1st barents indigenous peoples summit in moscow, april 28, 2017. The average depth is 760 feet 230 m and maximum depth is 1,480 feet 450 m. The barents regional council and eu arctic policy arctic. Information about the openaccess journal barents studies. The first human settlement in the region is estimated to have occurred 40 000 years ago in todays komi republic of russia.
The barents encyclopedia is the most comprehensive collections of facts about the collaboration across national borders in the northernmost part of europe. The encyclopedia of the barents region with foreword by thorvald stoltenberg and mikhail gorbachev contains comprehensive knowledge about the history, economy, and culture of the barents region. Willem barents or barentsz, probably from barentzoon, son of barent was a dutch explorer. Discourses related to the border between norway and russia, at the university of. The purpose of an international academic open access journal, barents studies. As from 1920 the russian parts of the barents region were fully in the control of the russian bolsheviks under lenin. The main purpose is to promote closer dialogue between the indigenous peoples, the regional governments and the federal governments of russia, norway, finland and sweden. Together with its companion publication, the barents region. Willem barentsz was born around 1550 on the island terschelling in the seventeen provinces, presentday netherlands. The region has a huge potential with its huge recourses in knowledge based industries and in raw materials like minerals, forest and fish. A excellent for barents re reinsurance company, inc. It fullfills the project about the barents region which started with the barents region. Early history of the barents family this web page shows only a small excerpt of our barents research. Best for financial strength a excellent stable outlook.
The land along the coast of the barents sea to establish international cooperation after the fall of the soviet union. In the early 21 st century the barents euroarctic region may be viewed as one of the most peaceful on the planet. Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic addresses a comprehensive understanding of security in the arctic, with a particular focus on one of its subregions the barents region. Larissa riabova head of the department of social policy in the north is at the luzin institute for economic studies ies of the kola science centre, russian academy of sciences in apatity, murmansk region.
A time of change people and life in the barents region on. The book presents a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective to which the arctic is placed as referent, and special attention is paid to the viewpoint of local and indigenous communities. Throughout centuries of explorations, economic and national developments, wars and peace, it has developed into a region of cooperation between finland, sweden, russia, norway and. Investigations along the norwegianbarents seasvalbard continental margin suggest that the tmfs are depocentres of sediments that accumulated in front of. The barents region is a name given, by advocates of establishing international cooperation after the fall of the soviet union, to the land along the coast of the barents sea, from nordland in norway to the kola peninsula in russia and beyond all the way to the ural mountains and novaya zemlya, and south to the gulf of bothnia of the baltic sea and the great lakes ladoga and onega. She holds a phd in economics received at the leningrad institute of economics and finance. The norwegian barents secretariat in kirkenes plays a key role in the barents cooperation, particularly in project work. This first book provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 8002010 written by history researcher within the thirteen subregions of the barents region. The encyclopedia is an outcome of an international academic project with participants mainly from norway, sweden, finland, and russia. Peoples, economies and politics issn 23240652 is to provide scientific knowledge and latest research news related to developmental processes within the barents euroarctic region. Atlas geological history of the barents sea by norges. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Willem barents simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The work on the books lasted 9 years, from 2007 until 2016.
The barents regional council at the same time as the beac was established in 1993 by the signing of the kirkenes declaration, the regional representatives, together with the indigenous peoples signed a cooperation protocol that established the regional council for the barents euroarctic region with the same objectives as the beac to. Barents encyclopedia is published the independent barents. A recent paper that attempted to correlate pollution levels and body condition in barents sea polar bears reports it found body condition of female bears had increased between 2004 and 2017 despite a pronounced decline in summer and winter sea ice extent. May 05, 2020 oddly, the 2019 lippold paper came to my attention because a paper published last month about spaceuse of polar bears in the barents sea blanchet et al. Barents sea, outlying portion of the arctic ocean 800 miles 1,300 km long and 650 miles 1,050 km wide and covering 542,000 square miles 1,405,000 square km. With contributions from leading scandinavian and russian scholars on northern affairs, this volume examines the barents region as a political initiative, its historical and institutional architecture and its contributions to economic and environmental management in the north.
The barents cooperation is regarded as an intergral part of creating a stable, democratic and prosperous europe. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe. It fullfills the project about the barents region which started with the volume the barents region. Discourses related to the border between norway and russia, at the university of tromso the arctic university of norway uit. Barents press is likely to be the most successful form of journalistic crossborder cooperation that can be found in europe. The barents region surveys regional cooperation in arctic europe. Encyclopedia of the barents region europas historia. Unexpectedly, body condition of female polar bears from the barents sea has increased after 2005, although sea ice has retreated by.
The book is the result of a research project the construction and negotiation of borders. When asked by the barents observer, new chair of the barents regional council, the joint body of the 14 regions, confirms. The governance of the arcticbarents region and food security. This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of the arctic barents region.
Request pdf economies of the barents sea region this chapter provides a synopsis of the economic dimensions of the barents sea region. The nature is unique and the environment vulnerable, with wide tundra areas. The barents sea, barentsburg and barents region were all named after him. This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of the arcticbarents region. The barents region remained an uncharted territory where fishermen, hunters and nomadic people coexisted without the presence of nation states until the th century. It coordinates certain activities in the barents region, and has an online archive containing minutes from all the meetings of the brc and the beac. The meeting of the beac on the foreign ministers level are held every 2 years in the chairmanship country at the end of each beac chairmanship term. Uarctic barents encyclopedia and history textbook out now. This first book provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 8002010 written by history researcher within. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe, provides a researchbased history of the barents region from 8002010 written by 27 history researchers from within the thirteenth subregions of the barents region.
The barents region is a name given, by advocates of establishing international cooperation. While an ice sheet persisted on the northern kara shelf see above, most of the barents sea was probably ice free until barentsdominated glacial ice reached the white sea area at 7065 ka larsen et al. Conversations with boris grebenshchikov 611 john r. The barents sea was formerly known to russians as murmanskoye morye, or the sea of murmans i. Investigations along the norwegianbarents seasvalbard continental margin suggest that the tmfs are depocentres of sediments that accumulated.
Its average depth is 750 feet 229 m, plunging to a maximum of 2,000 feet 600 m in the major bear island trench. Society, environment and human security in the arctic barents. Lampe rethinking american perspectives on southeastern europe 615 epilegomena stanford lehmberg. Known among russians in the middle ages as the murman sea norwegian sea, the sea takes its current name from the dutch navigator willem barentsz. A transnational history of subarctic northern europe hskand. The barents region, like the broader arctic, experiences the impacts of climate change and grapples with socioeconomic insecurity, among other things. Subarctic northern europe, a textbook intended for university students of.
Pdf geological history of the barents sea atlas researchgate. The new name is from the dutch navigator willem barents. A draft new barents program, a document outlining priorities for regional cooperation in the upcoming period, hardly mentions civil society. Its unique, twopillared institutional structure ensures that the state as well as local authorities are drawn into deliberations, as are representatives from the european commission and the regional.
South and north barents triassicjurassic total petroleum system of the russian offshore arctic paper edition by sandra j. But attention to the increasingly strained civil society in the region is sparse. Continued expansion in europe, latin america and middle east 20. Human and societal security in the circumpolar arctic local. Aug 25, 2018 the barents region, like the broader arctic, experiences the impacts of climate change and grapples with socioeconomic insecurity, among other things. Initiated during the international polar year in 2007, it took nearly ten years to compile, write, edit and print the masterpiece of knowledge from and about the barents region. In the soviet union, and also in todays russia, the occupation of north russia in 191819 by western forces is a wellknown fact and has naturally affected the way western policies and westerners.
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