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The author is a reindeer owner and gives his impression about the situation of reindeer husbandry in an eastern reindeer area in Finland. Mmajor problems emerge: the growth of the predator populations, the grazing quality and the loss of pasture land to ...
Osmo Säkkinen
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Reindeer are herded in the northernmost Finland over an area of 114 000 km2, about 35% of the area of the country. Herding is carried out both by Sami and Finns.
Jouni Filppa
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Miscellanea related to reindeer and reindeer husbandry
Dissertations, abstracts, books, proceedings, reports and other issues.
The Editor
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Bioeconomics of reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia
Reindeer husbandry is an important economic activity in the Arctic. Growth rate and productivity of reindeer populations depend on pasture conditions, but herders’ decisions are also influenced by economic factors. Thus, to understand the reindeer husbandry system, an economic–ecological analysis is needed.
Antti‐Juhani Pekkarinen +4 more
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Reindeer husbandry and local planning
<p>A central theme in the reindeer husbandry is the conflicts between this and other economic interests as tourism, community development etc. in connection with the utilization of common territory. A retrospective glance will show that this is an old problem and not a new phenomenon.
Lars P. Niia
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Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change
This volume offers a holistic understanding of the environmental and societal challenges that affect reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia today. Reindeer husbandry is a livelihood with a long traditional heritage and cultural importance. Like many other pastoral societies, reindeer herders are confronted with significant challenges.
Horstkotte, Tim +4 more
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To the History of Reindeer and Reindeer Husbandry in Eastern Fennoscandia
The hypotheses of the reindeer appearance in Eastern Fennoscandia are discussed. Probably, reindeer appeared in the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula and then moved along the coast of the Norwegian Sea. Further, it dispersed along the Barents Sea to the north of Finland and to the northwest of the Kola Peninsula.
Petr I. Danilov +2 more
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Women perspective in the future of Sami reindeer husbandry (In Norwegian with Summary in English)
Women's traditional tasks are invisible in the official image of reindeer husbandry. The reindeer husbandry nowadays is represented as a meat producer, and the official documents are focused on the work with the reindeer herd.
Solveig Joks
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Sámi reindeer governance in Norway as competing knowledge systems: a participatory study
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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