Trends and Effects of Climate Change on Reindeer Husbandry in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)
Abstract The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), like other Arctic regions, faces severe climatic and environmental changes and hazards such as temperature increase, permafrost thaw, intense forest fires, earlier melting, and flooding. Significant climate and environmental changes over the past decades pos...
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Springer International Publishing
2022
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17625-8_7 https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-17625-8_7 |
| Summary: | Abstract The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), like other Arctic regions, faces severe climatic and environmental changes and hazards such as temperature increase, permafrost thaw, intense forest fires, earlier melting, and flooding. Significant climate and environmental changes over the past decades pose risks to the preservation of the traditional way of life of Indigenous peoples, including reindeer husbandry. Understanding trends and effects of climate change in the Republic of Sakha is needed to project and manage the future of reindeer husbandry, the resilience of Indigenous communities, and plan their economic adaptation. In this article, we analyze meteorological data from four weather stations located in different reindeer herding areas of Yakutia focusing on snow cover formation, permafrost conditions, and forest fires; provide the results of in-depth interviews with local people on the impact of climate change on reindeer herding. The financing of resilience development in the Republic is discussed. In conclusion, suggest necessary measures that can be taken for adaptation and overcoming emerging threats and challenges for further development of reindeer husbandry which is the central basis of the identity of the Indigenous peoples of the North. |
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