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1 Inuit Circumpolar Council Kirt Ejesiak. November 18, 2010 Arctic Biodiversity Symposium Canadian Museum of Nature

2 Inuit Circumpolar Council ICC: Who we are 155,000 Inuit live in the Arctic spread across Greenland, Canada, Alaska (USA) and Chukotka (Russia). The Inuit Circumpolar Council advocates for Inuit rights internationally.

3 Inuit Circumpolar Council BiodiversityBiodiversity WildlifeWildlife ContaminantsContaminants TradeTrade HealthHealth LanguageLanguage ResearchResearch Climate ChangeClimate Change Government RelationsGovernment Relations ICC: What we do

4 Inuit Circumpolar Council International Research Activities and Opportunities International Polar Year (IPY) & Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL)International Polar Year (IPY) & Circumpolar Flaw Lead (CFL) Arctic CouncilArctic Council Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) UNFCCC COP16Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) UNFCCC COP16 CBD COP 10CBD COP 10 ArcticNetArcticNet Northern Contaminants ProgramNorthern Contaminants Program

5 Inuit Circumpolar Council CBD COP 10 Nagoya Protocol Access and Benefit Sharing

6 Inuit Circumpolar Council How is Climate Change Impacting Biodiversity in the Arctic?

7 Inuit Circumpolar Council Inuit Use of Biodiversity

8 Inuit Circumpolar Council Examples of Traditional MedicineExamples of Traditional Medicine Examples of commercializationExamples of commercialization

9 Inuit Circumpolar Council What are the most pressing issues to focus research towards?

10 Inuit Circumpolar Council What is the greatest impediment to working on these issues? What is the greatest impediment to working on these issues?

11 Inuit Circumpolar Council What is the most important point for the general public to know about this work?

12 Inuit Circumpolar Council Qujannamiik!

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