Date
  1. Arctic Report Available
    Ranking Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies on Indigenous Rights in the
    Arctic
    Arran Lule Sami Center

  2. Call for Papers
    Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies

Summer/Fall 2017

  1. Arctic Report Available
    Ranking Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies on Indigenous Rights in the
    Arctic
    Arran Lule Sami Center

The Arran Lule Sami Center announces the release of a report titled
"Ranking Oil, Gas, and Mining Companies on Indigenous Rights in the
Arctic." This report, authored by Indra Overland, is a product of the
project "Indigenous Peoples and Resource Extraction in the Arctic:
Evaluating Ethical Guidelines" at the Arran Lule Sami Centre in
Ajluokta/Drag, Norway.

In the report, a newly developed ranking system evaluates the public
commitments, formalized procedures, and institutional arrangements of
resource-extraction companies for handling indigenous rights in the
Arctic. The purpose of the ranking is to support norm formation and
contribute to improving the performance of companies on indigenous
rights by highlighting which, and to what extent, companies have made a
public commitment to indigenous rights.

The ranking includes 92 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in
onshore resource extraction above the Arctic Circle and indicates that
60% of these companies are poorly prepared to respect indigenous rights.
Companies operating in the Canadian and U.S. Arctic do better overall in
the ranking than their counterparts operating in the Asian and European
Arctic. Petroleum companies have significantly better scores than mining
companies, although the best performer is a mining company.

The full report is available online at no cost.

To view or download the full report, go to:
http://tinyurl.com/Arctic-Extract-Indig-Rights.

For questions, contact:
Indra Overland
Email: ino [at] nupi.no
Phone: +4722994016


  1. Call for Papers
    Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies
    Summer/Fall 2017

The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies announces a call for
papers for the Summer/Fall 2017 issue.

The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies (JTMS) is an
interdisciplinary journal of research on territorial and maritime issues
sponsored by the Northeast Asia History Foundation, with editorial
offices hosted by Yonsei University in South Korea. The journal provides
an academic medium for the announcement and dissemination of research
results in the fields of history, international law, international
relations, geography, peace studies, and any other relevant discipline.
The journal covers all continental areas across the world, and it
discusses any territorial and maritime subject through the various
research methods from different perspectives. Practical studies, as well
as theoretical works, which contribute to a better understanding of
territorial and maritime issues are encouraged.

Manuscript submissions should include four sections:

  • A title page,
  • A structured abstract,
  • A main body, and
  • References.

Manuscripts must be submitted electronically.

Manuscript submission deadline: 1 April 2017.

To submit a manuscript, email all required documents to:
Lonnie Edge
Email: jtsm [at] yonsei.ac.kr

For information on proposal guidelines and style guide, go to:
http://www.journalofterritorialandmaritimestudies.net/submissions.

For questions, contact:
JTMS Editorial Office
Email: jtms [at] yonsei.ac.kr


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