The presented analytical review considers environmental and socio-economic problems of environmental management in the Arctic, the comprehensive studies of which were carried out within the framework of the subprogramme "Development and use of the Arctic" of the Federal target program "World ocean", the Federal target program "risk Reduction and mitigation of natural and man – made emergencies in the Russian Federation", the UNEP/GEF project "Russian Federation-support to The national action plan for the protection of the Arctic marine environment" and other international projects. Many of the author's conceptual and methodological developments remain relevant at present to solve the problems identified in the strategy of development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation and national security for the period up to 2020, the Strategy of development of Maritime activities of the Russian Federation until 2030, the Strategy of national security of the Russian Federation. Strategic planning documents have been developed: including the Basics of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the Arctic, the action Plan of the Arctic Council for sustainable development, the Strategic action program (SPD) for environmental protection of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, the draft concept of sustainable development of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation, investment proposals and guidelines for cleaning the Arctic territories from pollution, including in the areas of the Russian presence on the Svalbard archipelago, reduction of natural and man-made risks of emergency situations and increase of protection of valuable natural areas. Also in the monograph are considered: proposals for the regulatory consolidation of the boundaries of the Arctic natural territory in the Russian Arctic to establish a special regime of natural resources, taking into account the high vulnerability of Arctic ecosystems to man-made impacts; methods of causal analysis to determine the relationship between the quality of the environment, the activities of sectors (industries) and the policy of public administration and regulation; road map for the transition from sectoral to complex (integrated) management of marine environmental management; methods of marine spatial planning; strategic environmental assessment of infrastructure projects, etc.