David A. Balton

ʻO David A. Balton he hoa kiʻekiʻe me ka Woodrow Wilson Center's Polar Institute. Ua lawelawe mua ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Hope Hope Kakauolelo no Oceans and Fisheries ma ke Keʻena o ka Moku'āina ʻo ka Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science, a loaʻa ke kūlana ʻAmelika i ka makahiki 2006. ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā kulekele ʻē aʻe o ʻAmelika e pili ana i ka moana a me nā lawaiʻa, a ka nānā ʻana i ke komo ʻana o ʻAmelika i nā hui honua e pili ana i kēia mau pilikia. Aia kāna kōpili i ka hoʻokele ʻana i nā pilikia kulekele ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka Arctic a me Antarctica.

Ua hana ʻo Ambassador Balton ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi kūkākūkā US ma kahi ākea o nā ʻaelike ma ke kula o ka moana a me nā lawaiʻa a ua alakaʻi i nā hālāwai lehulehu. I ka wā o ka US Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2015-2017), ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he Luna Nui o nā Luna Nui Arctic. ʻO kāna ʻike mua ʻo Arctic Council i hui pū ʻia me ka hui pū ʻana o ka Arctic Council Task Forces i hana i ka 2011 Kuʻikahi ma ka hana like ʻana ma ka ʻimi ʻana a me ka hoʻopakele ʻana ma ka ʻĀlika a me ka 2013 Ka ʻaelike e pili ana i ka hana like ʻana ma luna o ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana a me ka pane ʻana i ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i ka ʻaila moana ma ka ʻAtika. Ua noho kaʻawale ʻo ia i nā kūkākūkā i hoʻopuka i ka Kuikahi no ka pale ʻana i ka lawaiʻa kai kiʻekiʻe i hoʻoponopono ʻole ʻias ma ka Moana Arctic Central.