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dc.contributor.editorHorstkotte, Tim
dc.contributor.editorHoland, Øystein
dc.contributor.editorKumpula, Jouko
dc.contributor.editorMoen, Jon
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-19T09:57:37Z
dc.date.available2022-04-19T09:57:37Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54076
dc.description.abstractThis 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. Covering Norway, Sweden and Finland – three countries with many differences and similarities – this volume examines how reindeer husbandry is affected by and responds to global environmental change and resource extraction in boreal and arctic social-ecological systems. Beginning with an historical overview of reindeer husbandry, the volume analyses the realities of the present from different perspectives and disciplines. Genetics, behavioural ecology of reindeer, other forms of land use, pastoralists’ norms and knowledge, bio-economy and governance structures all set the stage for the complex internal and externally imposed dynamics within reindeer husbandry. In-depth analyses are devoted to particularly urgent challenges, such as land-use conflicts, climate change and predation, identified as having a high potential to shape the future pathways of the pastoral identity and productivity. These futures, with their risks and opportunities, are explored in the final section, offering a synthesis of the comparative approach between the three countries that runs as a recurring theme through the book. With its richness and depth, this volume contributes significantly to the understanding of the substantial impacts on pastoralist communities in northernmost Europe today, while highlighting viable pathways to maintaining reindeer husbandry for the future. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of both the natural and social sciences who work on natural resource management, global environmental change, pastoralism, ecology, social-ecological systems, rangeland management and Indigenous studies.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEarthscan Studies in Natural Resource Managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest::WNC Wildlife: general interesten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNC Applied ecologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RN The environment::RNF Environmental managementen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::W Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure::WN Nature and the natural world: general interest::WNW The Earth: natural history: general interesten_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TQ Environmental science, engineering and technologyen_US
dc.subject.otherNature and the natural world: general interest;Wildlife: general interest;Applied ecology;Conservation of the environment;Environmental management;The Earth: natural history: general interest;Environmental science, engineering and technologyen_US
dc.titleReindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Changeen_US
dc.title.alternativePastoralism in Fennoscandiaen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9781003118565en_US
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bben_US
oapen.relation.isbn9781003118565en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367632670en_US
oapen.relation.isbn9780367632687en_US
oapen.imprintRoutledgeen_US
oapen.pages316en_US
oapen.remark.publicFunder name: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)


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