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Success and failure of reindeer herding in Greenland

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
Animal husbandry is a recent innovation in Greenland, specifically reindeer husbandry is less than 50 years old. Reindeer husbandry was first established in mid-west Greenland and later in southern Greenland. The Greenland hunter tradition and culture is,
Christine Cuyler
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Legal regulation of reindeer husbandry

open access: yesСельское хозяйство, 2022
The subject of the work is the legal norms regulating social relations arising in the process of reindeer husbandry. The purpose of the work is to formulate conclusions and proposals for improving legal regulation in this area based on the analysis of federal and regional legislation, strategic planning documents, as well as information and data ...
openaire   +1 more source

Tipping points and regime shifts in reindeer husbandry:a systems approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
This chapter addresses the challenges to reindeer husbandry in Fennoscandia from a systems perspective. Drawing on information in other chapters in this book, the specific focus is on so called tipping points, or abrupt changes in the coupled social ...
Moen, Jon,   +8 more
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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
core   +2 more sources

Predation costs and compensations in reindeer husbandry [PDF]

open access: yesWildlife Biology, 2020
Conflicts often arise when large predators and free‐ranging livestock share a common area. Various compensation schemes are used to attempt solving these conflicts, but the costs of predation to suffering stakeholders are often unknown. Semi‐domesticated reindeer husbandry and large carnivores form one such system, where conflicts between predator ...
Kumpula, Jouko   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Approaches to estimate body condition from slaughter records in reindeer

open access: yesRangifer, 2008
Long-term fluctuations in population densities of reindeer and caribou are common, where pasture is the limiting resource. Pasture quality affects the nutritional status and production of the animals.
Anna Olofsson   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Multivariate clustering of reindeer herding districts in Sweden according to range prerequisites for reindeer husbandry

open access: yesRangifer, 2009
The 51 reindeer herding districts in Sweden vary in productivity and prerequisites for reindeer herding. In this study we characterize and group reindeer herding districts based on relevant factors affecting reindeer productivity, i.e.
Henrik Lundqvist, Öje Danell
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of co-existing forestry and reindeer husbandry value chains in northern Sweden

open access: yesSilva Fennica, 2016
Forestry in Malå, northern Sweden, coexists with other land uses. Reindeer husbandry is in the area for centuries and requires large areas of grazing land. Competing land uses may threaten the Malå Sami village.
Berg, Staffan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Developing an ecologically and economically more stable semi-domestic reindeer management - a Finnish point of view

open access: yesRangifer, 1999
In arctic and sub-arctic regions semi-domestic reindeer management forms an important livelihood which should be able to provide enough income for herders. Reindeer management has natural limits of growth.
Jouko Kumpula
doaj   +1 more source

2nd Nordic NJF Seminar on Reindeer Husbandry Research "Reindeer herding and land use management - Nordic perspectives"

open access: yesRangifer, 2015
The 2nd NJF Seminar on Reindeer Husbandry Research was held at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland from 19 to 21 October 2014.
Päivi Soppela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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