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Accident Prevention in Reindeer Herding Work
ARCTIC, 1994This study deals with the safety of reindeer herding work. The possibility of developing preventive measures and influencing the reindeer herder's behaviour by providing information were investigated. Since reindeer herders in Finland work as private entrepreneurs (like farmers), safety measures for them are voluntary; hence a great success rate was ...
Anneli Pekkarinen +2 more
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Reindeer Herding, Skin Diseases and Allergies
2000Reindeer herding is a main or subsidiary occupation for over 4000 people in Finland, 2500 in Sweden and 2100 in Norway. There are more than 16,000 families in Russia and sporadically in Alaska and Canada that are engaged in reindeer herding. It has been estimated that approximately 400,000 reindeer exist in Finland, over 200,000 in Sweden, 230,000 in ...
K. Reijula +4 more
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Reindeer herding as private enterprise in Canada
Polar Record, 1984AbstractAfter unsuccessful introductions of reindeer into Canada during the early decades of this century, a herd brought from Alaska in 1935 was maintained successfully under government management (latterly under the Canadian Wildlife Service) for almost 40 years in the Mackenzie Delta region, Northwest Territories. Sold in 1974 into private ownership,
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The economics of reindeer herding [PDF]
British Food Journal, 2006 PurposeThis paper attempts to explain the drastic fall in income experienced by Saami reindeer herders in Northern Norway between 1976 and 2000, in spite of increasing government subsidies. Saami herders maintain a legal monopoly as suppliers of reindeer meat, a traditional luxury product in Norway.Design/methodology/approachThis paper shows that a ...
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Negotiated Agreements and Sámi Reindeer Herding in Sweden: Evaluating Outcomes
Society and Natural ResourcesIn the European north, there is a growing trend for Sámi reindeer herding communities to enter negotiated agreements with developers on projects that aim to exploit land and natural resources.
Ciarán O'Faircheallaigh
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REINDEER HERDING OF THE EVENS OF THE OKHOTSK REGION IN THE 1930S
The Humanities And Social Studies In The Far East, 2022The article covers development of the reindeer herding industry of the Okhotsk economy of the Khabarovsk Territory in the 1930s, during the transition from traditional economy to the socialist one. Analysis of the problem of reindeer breeding associated with the emergence of threats and the socio-economic realities of the time.
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Prevention of accidents in reindeer herding work.
Arctic medical research, 1993In the northern part of Finland we have about 450,000 reindeer and their raising gives work to about 3,500 reindeer herders. In this study data on the occupational accidents of herders were collected by two questionnaires with an interval of 2 years. Based on the surveys of accident risks in various work phases 34 preventive measures were developed and
A, Pekkarinen, H, Anttonen, J, Hassi
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PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF REINDEER HERDING
AIC: economics, management, 2020Grigorii Mikhailovich Semiashkin +1 more
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Reclaiming the Forest: Ewenki Reindeer Herding as Exception
Human Organization, 2011The Ewenki of Aoluguya, Inner Mongolia, used to be hunters and keep reindeer as pack animals. In 2003, they were relocated as "ecological migrants," their guns were confiscated, and hunting was banned. Reindeer herding in state-owned forests is the only remnant of their transhumant lifestyle, which is now based mainly on the production of reindeer horn
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