{"id":316,"date":"2016-05-27T12:34:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T12:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/geografia.uab.cat\/interfase1\/?p=316"},"modified":"2016-05-27T12:34:36","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T12:34:36","slug":"nils-project-research-stage-in-the-arctic-to-study-the-vulnerability-of-whales-species-and-the-whales-hunting-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/interfase\/2016\/05\/27\/nils-project-research-stage-in-the-arctic-to-study-the-vulnerability-of-whales-species-and-the-whales-hunting-local-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"NILS project – Research stage in the Arctic to study the vulnerability of whale species and whale hunting local communities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brief Description:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This research stage has been completed by Dra. Fran\u00e7oise Breton from INTERFASE research group of Geography Department and ICTA institute of the Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with Dr. Svein Jentoft and MARA research group from the University of Troms\u00f8 (UiT – The Arctic University of Norway).<\/p>\n

Other strong colaborations have been established during the development of research stage with the University of Svalbard (UNIS), and the Svalbard Museum and her Director Tora Hultgreen.<\/p>\n

The research stage has allowed to carry out a first approach to the study of vulnerability of whales and the effects to local communities related with the whales\u2019 hunting in the Arctic Region of Norway from a socio-environmental approach (integrating environmental, historical, political and ethnological perspectives).<\/p>\n

The research work done in 2015, focuses on whale species vulnerability. Fieldwork methodology on whales \u2018perception by local fishermen communities and other relevant stakeholders allows us to discuss traditional whaling, within the artisanal fishery cycle.<\/p>\n

This activity is important to sustain local coastal communities inhabiting in extreme cold climate in the Arctic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

During the research it has also present a test to map and model whales’ vulnerability. Both approaches help to understand the place of whales in the Barents Sea. This research focusing on socioecological approach to Minke whale (Balaenoptera acurostrata) in Lofoten islands (Norway) allows to meet a number strong recommendations to the Marine Spatial Plans.<\/p>\n

\"BarentsSeaMap\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Financing institution: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

The research stage of Dra. Breton has been\u00a0 supported by a two mobility grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism. Operated by Universidad Complutense de Madrid through the NILS Science and Sustainability Program:<\/p>\n