Natural resource management

We explore policies and solutions for sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystem services to mitigate the pressures of population growth and climate change and preserve these resources for present and future generations.

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Critical Minerals Explained: Why They Matter for Geopolitics, Clean Energy & Tech

Oct. 30, 2025 by Chaitanya Gupta

From Emerging Technology, Scientific Advancement, and Global Policy

Event Summary

Thinking Beyond Boundaries: How the High Seas Treaty Can Serve the Arctic

Feb. 21, 2025 by Margaret Williams
Q&A

Land Use Policy and Climate Change: A Conversation with Charles Taylor

Jul. 8, 2024 by Robert N Stavins and Charles Taylor
Event Summary

What Do Africa and the Arctic Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

Jun. 3, 2024 by Elizabeth Hanlon and Tessa Varvares

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Critical Minerals Explained: Why They Matter for Geopolitics, Clean Energy & Tech

Oct. 30, 2025 by Chaitanya Gupta

Explainer

Thinking Beyond Boundaries: How the High Seas Treaty Can Serve the Arctic

Feb. 21, 2025 by Margaret Williams

Event Summary

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Vicki Lee Wallgren, James Jansen, Margaret Williams, Kai Simon Eikli Yuen, and Vito de Lucia discuss the importance of the High Seas Treaty to the Arctic at Arctic Frontiers 2025 in Norway

Land Use Policy and Climate Change: A Conversation with Charles Taylor

Jul. 8, 2024 by Robert N Stavins and Charles Taylor

Q&A

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What Do Africa and the Arctic Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out

Jun. 3, 2024 by Elizabeth Hanlon and Tessa Varvares

Event Summary

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

6.5 minute read

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Natural Resources & Environmental Economics: A Conversation with Geoffrey Heal

May. 1, 2023 by Robert N Stavins and Geoffrey M. Heal

Article

from Harvard Environmental Economics Program

The International Law of the Sea and Arctic Governance: Paving the Way to Integrated Ecosystem-Based Marine Management

Feb. 21, 2023 by Andrey Todorov

Books

from Cambridge University Press

Energy Switch: The Energy-Water Nexus

Feb. 7, 2023

In The News

from PBS

The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Moratorium: A Rare Example of the Precautionary Principle in Fisheries Management

Jan. 16, 2023 by Cayla Calderwood and Fran Ulmer

Article

from Polar Record