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Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe

Linking Practical and Scientific Knowledge in Social-Ecological Systems

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Editors:
  1. Bruce C. Forbes

    1. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

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  2. Manfred Bölter

    1. Institute for Polar Ecology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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  3. Ludger Müller-Wille

    1. Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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  4. Janne Hukkinen

    1. Laboratory of Environmental Protection, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

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  5. Felix Müller

    1. Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

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  6. Nicolas Gunslay

    1. Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

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  7. Yulian Konstantinov

    1. New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria

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  • A multidisciplinary approach combining process-oriented field and laboratory studies by scientists and experience-based knowledge of reindeer herders
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies (ECOLSTUD, volume 184)

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences

    1. Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management

      • B. Burkhard, F. Müller
      Pages 341-364

    2. Synthesis: Environmental and Sociopolitical Conditions for Modern Reindeer Management in Europe’s North

      • L. Müller-Wille, J. Hukkinen, F. Müller, M. Bölter, B. C. Forbes
      Pages 365-379

    3. Epilogue

      Pages 381-383

  2. Back Matter

    Pages 385-399
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About this book

The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g. , plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view,sociocultural and economic drivers,along with herders’ experience-based knowledge,gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate against the negative aspects of the challenges modern herding faces, while also exploring concepts of sustainability from different perspectives (see also Jernsletten and Klokov 2002; Kankaanpää et al. 2002; Ulvevadet and Klokov 2004). This broadening of the pool of disciplines and local,national,and int- national stakeholders in policy-relevant research invariably complicates v- tually all aspects of the research process. Multidisciplinary or, in our sense, transdisciplinary approaches also require extraordinary effort from all p- ticipants if they are to succeed. As such, those approaches should not be undertaken lightly, nor without personnel who possess appropriate expe- ence in cooperating with those of different disciplines and, preferably, also with relevant practitioners and public social and administrative institutions. In such settings the potential for misunderstandings is quite high.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland

    Bruce C. Forbes, Nicolas Gunslay

  • Institute for Polar Ecology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Manfred Bölter

  • Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

    Ludger Müller-Wille

  • Laboratory of Environmental Protection, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland

    Janne Hukkinen

  • Ecology Center, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Felix Müller

  • New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Yulian Konstantinov

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