Tuvaijuittuq

Tuvaijuittuq i​st eine ca. 320.000 Quadratkilometer große, 2019 z​um Arktis-Schutzgebiet erklärte Meeresregion i​n Kanada.[1][2]

Grönland- u​nd Weißwale, Eisbären, Robben u​nd unzählige Vogelarten l​eben dort ungestört m​it Inuit-Eskimos i​n einem gemeinsamen Lebensraum. Der kommerzielle Abbau v​on Bodenschätzen, besonders v​on Öl u​nd Gas i​st in Tuvaijuittuq verboten.[3][4]

Einzelnachweise
  1. https://blog.wwf.de/neues-schutzgebiet-tuvaijuittuq
  2. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/08/canada-has-created-an-arctic-conservation-zone-almost-as-big-as-germany
  3. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/canadian-arctic-reserves-to-benefit-wildlife-inuit
  4. https://arcticwwf.org/places/last-ice-area

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