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generated, communicated and used in policy-making, at a rate fast enough to have impact, but slow
enough to ensure stability and consensus. If pro-development interests think progress in the Arctic
is too cold, and pro-conservation forces think it too hot, then it is probably just right.
In that respect, the proliferation of new organizations can be seen as a positive development, and
one, like all waves, that is likely to crest and retreat. But what they leave behind in their wake will
have lasting impact.