Food Security Governance in the Arctic-Barents Region

Foreword List of AbbreviationsAuthors' prefaceAcknowledgementsSummaryIntroduction
CHAPTER ONE 1 Food as a basic need for humans 1.1 Food and human security 1.2 Food as human rights
CHAPTER TWO2 General Background to Food Security in the Barents / Arctic context 2.1 Food security and its definition 2.2 Why is food security important in the Barents / Arctic context? 2.2.1 Food and the environment in the Barents Region 2.2.2 The role of traditional food in physical survival and health 2.2.3 Food and cultural well-being 2.3 What types of foods are available in the region? 2.3.1 Imported versus traditional foodsConclusion
CHAPTER THREE
3 Food security in the Barents / Arctic communities 3.1 Barents / Arctic communities  3.2 Food and community connections 3.3 Food and Indigenous Peoples 3.3.1 Sami 3.3.2 Komi 3.3.3 Nenets 3.3.4 Veps 3.3.5 Pomors 3.4 Food and non-Indigenous Peoples
CHAPTER FOUR
4 Issues of Food (in) security and safety in the Barents Region 4.1 Climate change  4.2 Human Activities. 4.2.1 Mining 4.2.2 Oil & Gas 4.2.3 Forestry 4.2.4 Shipping 4.2.5 Tourism 4.3 Vulnerability of the food supply as a result of contaminants 4.4 Rise in imported foods
CHAPTER FIVE
5 Issues of food governance in the Barents Region 5.1 General overview of institutions governing the region 5.1.1 Arctic Council 5.1.2 Northern Dimension 5.1.3 Barents Euro-Arctic Council 5.1.4 European Union 5.1.5 Finland 5.1.6 Sweden 5.1.7 Norway 5.1.8 Russia 5.2 Existing legal tools and strategies related to food security 5.2.1 Regional Climate Strategies 5.2.2 National Strategies 5.2.3 International strategies 5.2.3.1 UNFCCC & Kyoto Protocol 5.3 Legal tools and convention related to the environment 5.3.1 Convention on Biological Diversity 5.4 Legal conventions on marine life 5.4.1  OSPAR 5.4.2 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 5.4.3 Minamata Convention on Mercury 5.5 Legal conventions related to shipping 5.5.1 International Regulation of Ship

Kamrul Hossain is an Associate Professor and Director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. He has been working on a diverse range of Arctic issues mainly focusing in international environmental law and policy that applies to the Arctic as well as in human rights law, in particular, concerning the rights of the indigenous peoples, again with a focus on the Arctic