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Independence from Denmark, the costs of mining for rare earth minerals and Inuit people鈥檚 rights 鈥 some of the challenges facing the autonomous territory of Greenland. A former Danish colony, Greenland is the world鈥檚 largest island with a population of just 57,000 people. Jonny Dymond chairs a panel of leading politicians from Denmark and Greenland to debate the future of this fascinating Arctic region 鈥 and take some tough questions from the public. The panel: Naaja Nathanielsen 鈥 Minister of Industry, Raw Materials, Mining and Energy 鈥 Greenlandic Parliament. Louise Elholm - MP in the Danish Parliament. Venstre party spokeswoman on Greenland. Kuno Fencker 鈥 MP in the Greenlandic Parliament 鈥 opposition Naleraq party. Ulrick Pram Gad 鈥 Senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Producer: Helen Towner
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