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“... The Arctic is currently facing conflating challenges – sea levels rising, permafrost thawing and many other environmental and social changes – resulting in the destabilization of communities and existing infrastructure. Legal frameworks rooted in One Health can provide the backbone for designing systems that can deal with constant changing conditions found in the Arctic. One Health¹⁾ is an approach to design and implement programs, policies, legislation, and research in which multiple sectors communicate and work together to achieve better public health outcomes. Although critiques and alternative approaches to One Health highlight its limitations, this article uses One Health as a practical framework for examining preparedness in Arctic communities. ...” 

SEE: From Pandemic to Permafrost: Legal Pathways for One Health Preparedness in Arctic Communities | The Arctic Institute – Center for Circumpolar Security Studies

https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/pandemic-permafrost-legal-pathways-one-health-preparedness-arctic-communities/