Arctic Biodiversity Trends 2010: Indicator #20, Changes in Harvest

The harvest of natural resources is a key feature of traditional lifestyles and economies throughout the Arctic, and a continuing reliance on it as a mainstay of indigenous existence in the north is evident. The following sections describe current trends in natural resource harvest in four regions of the Arctic: Alaska, Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT) and Nunavut, and the Russian North.