The International Polar Protection Association (IPPA) is a worldwide non-profit organization established in Oslo, Norway.
The role of polar region in global climate change and human sustainable development has been raising more and more concerns in recent years. However, since the 21st century, polar environment and ecology are facing severe threats with the rapid changes in global climate, the overexploitation of polar resources, and a large number of tourists flooding to the polar region. Governments, research institutions, media and international environmental protection organizations around the world have made great efforts to deal with this. But it still a long way to go due to the differences in development, system, culture, and geopolitics among countries. Therefore, both the government and civil society are seeking more effective ways to protect polar environment.
Driven by this trend, breaking national barriers, IPPA builds a communication platform for all those who are committed to polar affairs worldwide.
IPPA aims to advocate polar environmental protection, cope with the overexploitation of tourism resources, mitigate the threats to the polar region posed by global warming, increase public awareness about polar science education, boost cultural exchange, and standardize the tourism development in polar regions under the premise of protecting the polar environment.
The core business areas include, but are not limited to, the Arctic Ocean / Arctic, Antarctica / Antarctica, Greenland, Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and regions that are most affected by the polar environment.