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Izhma-Komi reindeer herding: ethnic invariants and local variations

open access: yesВестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии, 2017
This article raises a problem of reindeer herding types. On the basis of ethnographic flieldwork data the authors compare technological traits and herding techniques of the «classical» Izhma-Komi reindeer herding of Bolshezemelskaya tundra to those ...
Istomin K.V., Liskevich N.A.
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The legal basis of Sami reindeer herding rights in Sweden

open access: yesArctic Review on Law and Politics, 2013
This article discusses the basis of the Sami right to pursue reindeer herding, and how that right has been regulated in law. Two aspects of this right are particularly significant: establishing which land areas are covered by the reindeer herding right ...
Eivind Torp
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Sámi reindeer governance in Norway as competing knowledge systems: a participatory study [PDF]

open access: yesEcology 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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Reindeer Herding Right and Mining in Finland

open access: yesJournal of Northern Studies
The article examines reindeer herding as a land use right and its status, particularly in relation to mining activities, which, due to the so-called green transition, have become a significant competing form of land use in Finland. The article begins by exploring the historical development of reindeer herding legislation and the formation of the ...
Joona, Juha
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Reindeer herding and modern forestry [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Forestry and reindeer herding are the two geographically most extensive forms of forest utilisation throughout the northern parts of Sweden today. Until the 18th century the interior parts of northern Sweden were predominately occupied by native Sami people. From the mid-18th century the area was rapidly colonized by farmers.
Berg, Anna
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Implications of norms and knowledge in customary reindeer herding units for resource governance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
Pastoralist societies have developed customary institutions to respond to an unpredictable environment and fluctuation in grazing resources for their livestock.
Forbes, Bruce C.   +6 more
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Reindeer herding statistics in Russia: issues of reliability, interpretation, and political effect

open access: yesPastoralism, 2022
Official reindeer herding statistics are an invaluable source of data for both social and natural scientists wishing to understand and model ecological systems in the Arctic.
Kirill V. Istomin   +2 more
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Wild and semi-domesticated reindeer in Russia: status, population dynamics and trends under the present social and economic conditions

open access: yesRangifer, 2000
At present (in 1999) there are approximately 1.5 million semi-domesticated and 1.3 million wild reindeer in Russia. The co-existence of these two forms remains a major problem. Reindeer herding has declined while the number of wild reindeer has increased
Eugene E. Syroechkovski
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Male-Dominated Reindeer Herding in Greenland – A Short Story [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Reindeer herding and husbandry in Greenland has a short history. While the hunting tradition is much older and has always been part of the Greenlandic tradition (specifically, the hunting of indigenous Greenlandic caribou), reindeer husbandry was first ...
Ackrén, Maria
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Organization of the Reindeer Husbandry in Finland

open access: yesRangifer, 2011
Reindeer husbandry is practised in the northern parts of Finland in a region that comprises almost all of the Province of Lapland and parts of the Province of Oulu and covers a good third of the Finnish surface. It is governed by the herding co-operative
Jouni Filppa
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