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Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat (IPS) holds workshop on integrating values into Arctic ecosystem-based management

29 October 2025

On 21-23 October Indigenous representatives and knowledge-holders, scientists and policymakers gathered in Tromsø and Sommarøya for a three-days workshop on Values and Valuation in Arctic Marine Ecosystem-Based Management by Protection of Arctic Marine Environment Ecosystem Approach Expert Group (EA-EG). This 7th EA-EG workshop focused on how ecological, cultural, and economic values can be meaningfully integrated into Arctic ecosystem-based management.

You can learn more about the IPS here: https://www.arcticpeoples.com/

We are grateful to The Ocean Foundation for acting as our fiscal sponsor in the US, the Curtis and Edith Munson Foundation for sponsoring this project, and the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) for supporting us.