Boreal Forest Dwellers: The Saami in Sweden

"An estimated 2 million indigenous people live in the Arctic zone, the majority living in the boreal forest area - the taiga. This article considers the Saami, reindeerherding forest dweller, and the impact on their lifestyle of changing land-use patterns and industrial forests, primarily in Sw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baer, Lars-Anders
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy 1996
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10535/8372
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Summary:"An estimated 2 million indigenous people live in the Arctic zone, the majority living in the boreal forest area - the taiga. This article considers the Saami, reindeerherding forest dweller, and the impact on their lifestyle of changing land-use patterns and industrial forests, primarily in Sweden."