Arctic Law and Governance

Timo Koivurova is Director and a Research Professor of the Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland, Finland.QIN Tianbao is Professor, Director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law and Associate Dean for the Law School, Wuhan University, China.Sébastien Duyck is Research Fellow at the Institute of European and International Economic Law, University of Bern, Switzerland and a Visiting Researcher at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law, University of Lapland, Finland.Tapio Nykänen is Researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Lapland, Finland.

This is a lively, well-written and comprehensive collection of essays on a series of interconnected themes, each of which rewards careful reading in its own right, as well as part of a wider narrative. The book also provides a series of new insights into national approaches, as well as a clear-sighted and unflinching treatment of pressing regulatory issues facing the Arctic and the prospective contributions of China, Finland and the EU in this regard. The book is also a valuable test case for the merits of cross-institutional collaboration, allowing scholars from very different legal backgrounds to challenge each other’s assumptions, approaches and prevailing legal philosophies. The result is a rigorous and insightful volume of contemporary scholarship – and a hopeful metaphor for future Arctic cooperation.

• 1. Introduction Timo Koivurova, QIN Tianbao,Sébastien Duyck and Tapio NykänenPart I Chinese Perspectives2. Strengthening China’s Role in the Arctic Council QIN Tianbao and LI Miaomiao3. Legal Issues in Arctic Scientific Research: A Chinese Perspective Ren Shidan4. Chinese Arctic Discussion—a Micro Reading of World AffairsJulia Jalo and Tapio Nykänen5. China and Maritime Sovereignty and Rights Issues in the Arctic Xiaoyi Jiang and Xiaoguang ZhouPart II Comparison between Finland and China6. China and Finland in the Globalised Arctic Lassi Heininen7. A Common Heritage—the Place of the Arctic in the Chinese and Finnish Discourses Tapio NykänenPart III Comparison between the EU and China8. China as an Observer in the Arctic Council Timo Koivurova, Waliul Hasanat,Piotr Graczyk and Tuuli Kuusama9. Conservation of Marine Living Resources and Fisheries Management in the Arctic Sébastien Duyck10. Incentives, Practices and Opportunities for Arctic External Actors’ Engagement with Indigenous Peoples Adam Stepien11. China and the Development of International Law on Arctic Shipping Nengye Liu and Kamrul Hossain12. Concluding Chapter Sébastien Duyck, Tapio Nykänen, Timo Koivurova and QIN Tianbao