Contents
Preface | ||
To the bitter end | 9 | |
Paradise lost | ||
How bad is it really? | 13 | |
Sustainable exploitation | 16 | |
The few exceptions | 18 | |
The colonial legacy | 20 | |
In fear of hunters | 21 | |
Wildlife conservation is lagging behind | 22 | |
Hunting laws what hunting laws? | 24 | |
Denmarks Nelsonian blind spot | 25 | |
The rising tide of international criticism . | 28 | |
From Kayak to Yamaha | ||
How has it come to this? | 31 | |
Dreams of arctic paradise | 34 | |
The population explosion | 36 | |
Kayaks in museums of the imagination | 38 | |
A vast hunting ground | 40 | |
Modern times | 41 | |
The fateful story of the Common Eider | 43 | |
Brόnnichs Guillemots and Saturday roast fever | 46 | |
Born environmentalists | 49 | |
The myth of the sustainable Inuit | 52 | |
No respect for the law | 56 | |
Children hunting they will go | 58 | |
Downhill all the way | ||
The grim reality | 63 | |
Bird species | 64 | |
Brόnnichs Guillemot | 64 | |
Common Eider | 68 | |
King Eider | 70 | |
Arctic Tern | 71 | |
Geese | 73 | |
Marine mammals | 75 | |
Polar Bear | 75 | |
Seals | 77 | |
Ringed Seal | 79 | |
Harbour Seal | 80 | |
Bearded Seal | 81 | |
Harp Seal | 81 | |
Hooded Seal | 83 | |
Walrus | 84 | |
Whales | 86 | |
Beluga | 86 | |
Narwhal | 89 | |
Minke Whale | 91 | |
Fin Whale | 93 | |
Terrestrial mammals | 94 | |
Caribou | 94 | |
Muskox | 96 | |
Shrimps, Bivalves and Crabs | 97 | |
Deep Sea Shrimp | 98 | |
Scallop | 100 | |
Snow Crab | 101 | |
Fish | 102 | |
Greenland Halibut | 103 | |
Atlantic Cod | 105 | |
Redfish | 106 | |
Atlantic Salmon | 106 | |
Arctic Char | 107 | |
Other species of fish | 108 | |
Towards sustainable exploitation | ||
What needs to be done? | 111 | |
Workable measures | 113 | |
Suggestions for positive initiatives | 115 | |
Enforcement required | 119 | |
No overnight miracles | 120 | |
Eider farming | 122 | |
Nature conservation the Danish way | 123 | |
Ramsar sites as the linch pin | 124 | |
Writing on the wall | ||
Time is running out for Greenland | 129 | |
Subsidy culture | 130 | |
400 million kroner in sealskin subsidies | 132 | |
Rotting skins and scandals | 133 | |
The big meat party | 136 | |
Sledge dogs eat dried dog food | 139 | |
Too expensive to eat Greenlands own food | 140 | |
Battle lines | 144 | |
Bibliography | 147 | |
Links | 150 | |
Index | 151 | |