Food Security Governance in the Arctic-Barents Region

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  Dele Raheem is a Senior Researcher at the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) in the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi. His doctoral degree in Food Sciences was from Food and Environmental Sciences department of  the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has published in many peer- reviewed international journals in the fields of food microbiology, nutrition, food packaging and other related topics. His current research interest at NIEM is on crosscutting issues related to food and human security especially in the Arctic-Barents region.  Shaun Cormier obtained his Masters degree in Law from the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi. He worked as a Researcher at the Northern Institute of Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. His thesis was on “Enhancing Indigenous Food Security in the Arctic: Through Law, Policy, and the Arctic Council.

• Chapter 01- Introduction.- Chapter 02- Food security - a basic need for humans.- Chapter 03- General Background: Food Security in the Arctic-Barents region.- Chapter 04- What types of foods are available in the region.- Chapter 05- Food security and the Arctic-Barents communities.- Chapter 06- Issues of Food (in) security in the Barents region.- Chapter 07- The governance of the Arctic-Barents region and food security.- Chapter 08- Knowledge gaps and recommendations: An analysis.