Arctic SMARTICStrategic MAnagement of

Resources in TImes of Change

Rapid summer Arctic sea ice loss is leading to new interests in both preserving and developing Arctic resources

Actual Resolution of Decades-Long Territorial Dispute Between Norway and Russia (Area 4) using “Getting to Yes” Negotiation

Strategy and Marine Spatial Planning

Negotiation Strategy: “Getting to Yes”• Separate the people from the problem

– Think of the negotiation as a means to solving a problem and the people on the other side as partners helping to find a solution.

• Focus on interests, not positions– It's important to communicate your interests to the other party.

Don't assume they have the same interests as you or that they know what your interests are. Don't assume you know what interests the other party has.

• Invent options for mutual gain– Don't judge the ideas people bring forward, just get them on the

board. Invent ways of making the other party's decisions easy.• Insist on using objective criteria

– Objective criteria need to be independent of each side's will.• … Invent a list of actions you might take if no agreement is

reached http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_to_YES

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Spatial_Planning

Marine Spatial Planning http://maps.grida.no/region/geoarctichttp://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs2008-3049.pdfhttp://portal.inter-map.com/http://www.arcticdata.is/

Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment, 2009

Arctic SMARTIC

Game Play Map &

Distribution Maps

Arctic SMARTIC: Strategic Management of Resources in Times of Change

IntroductionBased on real world resolution of a decades-long territorial dispute between Norway and Russia, the Arctic SMARTIC game leads participants through development of a strategy to manage competing Arctic marine resources using a spatial planning exercise. Participants prioritize vulnerable areas within the game region. Various strategies can be employed to problem-solve and resolve conflicting interests. The approach is flexible and can be used for a variety of audiences, for other regions, and at a variety of levels. SimulationParticipants are first introduced to the fundamentals of negotiation and spatial planning.Next, participants assume stakeholder role. Based on role information, including maps, stakeholders mark areas of high interest on the large map playing board. Stakeholders in conflict negotiate a resolution. The next step is to respond to one or more crises and then reflect on the both the simulation content and process.

Note: Shaded areas represent the Exclusive Economic Zones of Arctic nations.Vectors indicate directions of sea ice and surface ocean currents.

Fishing VesselActivity

Ecological Monographs, 79(1), 2009, pp. 25–58 2009 by the Ecological Society of AmericaGEORGE M. DURNER,1,15 DAVID C. DOUGLAS,2 RYAN M. NIELSON,3 STEVEN C. AMSTRUP,1 TRENT L. MCDONALD,3IAN STIRLING,4 METTE MAURITZEN,5 ERIK W. BORN,6 ØYSTEIN WIIG,7 ERIC DEWEAVER,8 MARK C. SERREZE,9STANISLAV E. BELIKOV,10 MARIKA M. HOLLAND,11 JAMES MASLANIK,12 JON AARS,13 DAVID A. BAILEY,11AND ANDREW E. DEROCHER14

Projected mid-century changes in polar bear habitat

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Shipping Options

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