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Pastoralist Economic Behavior: Empirical Results from Reindeer Herders in Northern Sweden [PDF]
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2005 This paper presents a model of pastoralists, as illustrated by reindeer herders, together with an analysis based on a cross-sectional data set on Swedish reindeer-herding Saami.
Goran Bostedt
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Rangifer, 2011 The system for classifying vegetation types currently used in Swedish forestry has two major deficiencies when identifying reindeer winter pastures: it uses lichen cover as the sole criterion for defining them, and it ignores the possible adverse effects
Samuel Roturier
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Sámi reindeer governance in Norway as competing knowledge systems: a participatory study [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2017 Using a participatory research approach, we assess the knowledge systems and political ontology of reindeer husbandry. The study was conducted by a mixed team of scientists and Sámi reindeer herders who practiced reindeer husbandry in West Finnmark ...
Kathrine I. Johnsen +2 more
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Rangifer, 2013 Traditional knowledge about how reindeer utilize forage resources was expected to be crucial to reindeer herders. Seventeen Sami reindeer herders in four reindeer herding communities in Sweden (“samebyar” in Swedish) were interviewed about plants species
Berit Inga, Öje Danell
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Native reindeer herders' priorities for research
Polar Research, 2000 Since its foundation in 1993, the Association of World Reindeer Herders has given priority to contacts with groups of researchers who investigate questions connected with domestic, reindeer breeding and the management of the land areas in the North.
Turi, Johan Mathis
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The knowledge that went up in smoke: Reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge of smoked reindeer meat in literature [PDF]
Polar Record, 2019 AbstractUsing a literature review, this paper defines the knowledge status of smoked reindeer meat and investigates to what degree reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge has been included in scientific articles and grey literature. We developed a four-level categorisation of the degree of including traditional knowledge, from “non-participation” to ...
Kia Krarup Hansen +2 more
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‘There are no two similar kinds of reindeer. You have to be with the reindeer to learn.’ The Variety of Life among Ancient Sámi Reindeer Herders [PDF]
Cambridge Archaeological JournalAbstract In the Sámi worldview, reindeer herders perceive the herd as a social unit consisting of individuals who vary in characteristics and social roles. Age, sex, physical appearance, personality and other social roles are acknowledged and recognized by the herders, who maintain their relationships with animals in different ways ...
Salmi, Anna-Kaisa
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Governing maximum reindeer numbers in Fennoscandia [Elektronisk resurs] [PDF]
, 2022 This chapter examines the complexities and challenges in state governance of the maximum permitted number of reindeer in Finland, Norway and Sweden. The common findings regarding the three countries are that (1) maximum permitted numbers of reindeer set ...
Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. +2 more
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Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders [PDF]
Human Ecology, 2022 Guro Lovise Hole Fisktjønmo +2 more
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Pastoralism, 2022 In the Arctic, indigenous reindeer herding peoples rely on a pastoralist food and knowledge system that supplies them with protein, vitamins, and minerals.
Ravdna Biret Marja E. Sara +2 more
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