Arctic - Economic & Social

Question 1

What percentage of Inuit still hunt caribou,fish & marine animals?

Answer 1

80%

Question 2

What are the effects on the Inuit?

Answer 2

Numbers of hunt predicted to decline and migrations patterns change
So
Livelihoods and food sources are at risk

Question 3

Increased access to..

Answer 3

Oil and gas and mineral resources

Question 4

What percentage of the worlds remaining resources are in the arctic?

Answer 4

25%

Question 5

What percentage of the population of Greenland think that the increased access to oil & gass will increase economic opportunity?

Answer 5

80%

Question 6

Which passages are now free from ice at certain times of the year?

Answer 6

North west passage

Northern sea route

Question 7

By 2050 the the passages will be ice free for how many days?

Answer 7

90-100 / year

Question 8

Longer growing seasons will

Answer 8

Benefit agriculture but poor soils will be a limiting factor

Question 9

How many Inuit villages in Alaska are now threatened by flooding?

Answer 9

24