Home Hunting helps Greenlanders keep poverty at bay — but its benefits are spread unevenly
Arctic Economy

Hunting helps Greenlanders keep poverty at bay — but its benefits are spread unevenly

As Greenland looks at ways to address poverty, it finds that hunting offers significant economic benefits, but ones that help different income groups in different ways.

By Kevin McGwin February 28, 2018
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With three-quarters of Greenlandic households hunting for at least a portion of their food, hunting has long been seen as a way for many Greenlanders to compensate for a lack of formal economic activity.

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