{"id":1161,"date":"2023-12-13T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T00:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/?p=1161"},"modified":"2023-12-10T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T20:39:14","slug":"canada-and-greenland-sign-letter-of-intent-on-arctic-marine-conservation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/canada-and-greenland-sign-letter-of-intent-on-arctic-marine-conservation\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada and Greenland Sign Letter of Intent on Arctic Marine Conservation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recently, Canada and Greenland signed a letter of intent concerning conserving a marine area between their two territories, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/eye-on-the-arctic\/2023\/10\/19\/canada-and-greenland-sign-letter-of-intent-on-marine-conservation-area-in-arctic\/\">Eye on the Arctic.<\/a>\u00a0The area is called the North Water Polynya, known as\u00a0Pikialasorsuaq in Greenland and\u00a0Sarvarjuaq in Nunavut, and is an area of water between Greenland and Nunavut.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"635\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/171005_mo9qr_rci-north-water-polynya_sn635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/171005_mo9qr_rci-north-water-polynya_sn635.jpg 635w, https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/171005_mo9qr_rci-north-water-polynya_sn635-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Strong ocean currents merge in this area, meaning it stays ice-free year-round. This makes it an ecologically rich area important for wildlife activities like mating and feeding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a milestone for closer collaboration with our international partners and Inuit communities and is an important step towards ensuring this critical body of water remains healthy and supports the needs of Inuit for years to come,\u201d Diane Lebouthillier, Canada\u2019s minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lebouthillier signed the letter of intent with Greenland\u2019s Minister of Agriculture, Self-Sufficiency, Energy and Environment Kalistat Lund in Reykjavay on Thursday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, Canada and Greenland signed a letter of intent concerning conserving a marine area between their two territories, according to\u00a0Eye on the Arctic.\u00a0The area is called the North Water Polynya, known as\u00a0Pikialasorsuaq in Greenland and\u00a0Sarvarjuaq in Nunavut, and is an&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooperation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1163,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1161\/revisions\/1163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arcticwatch.info\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}