Traditional and local knowledge in land use planning: insights into the use of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines in Eanodat, Finnish Sápmi
The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 8(j) in particular, requires its parties to "respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles." In Finland, these requirements are, to some extent, f...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:3e38eb9137a34729b0b1e967b83fe047 2023-05-15T18:06:17+02:00 Traditional and local knowledge in land use planning: insights into the use of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines in Eanodat, Finnish Sápmi Inkeri Markkula Minna T. Turunen Sini Kantola 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10735-240120 https://doaj.org/article/3e38eb9137a34729b0b1e967b83fe047 EN eng Resilience Alliance http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol24/iss1/art20/ https://doaj.org/toc/1708-3087 1708-3087 doi:10.5751/ES-10735-240120 https://doaj.org/article/3e38eb9137a34729b0b1e967b83fe047 Ecology and Society, Vol 24, Iss 1, p 20 (2019) akwé: kon guidelines land use planning sámi reindeer herding traditional and local knowledge wilderness areas Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10735-240120 2022-12-31T07:34:37Z The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 8(j) in particular, requires its parties to "respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles." In Finland, these requirements are, to some extent, fulfilled through application of the Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines, a protocol developed by the CBD for cultural, environmental, and social impact assessment to be applied in regions inhabited or used by Indigenous peoples. However, although the Akwé: Kon Guidelines have been in use for several years, studies addressing their practical application are scarce. We set out to examine the use of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines, inclusion of traditional and local knowledge (TLK), as well as the related improvements and challenges in land use planning in the Municipality of Eanodat in Finnish Sápmi. We conducted key-informant interviews with local Sámi experts and local land use planning officials and examined recent land use and management plans for wilderness and conservation areas. Regarding the incorporation of TLK into land use planning, officials identified practical challenges, such as a mismatch between the oral narrative nature of TLK and the planning systems currently in use, and pointed to a need to make TLK more spatially explicit. The concerns of the Sámi were deeply tied to the survival of their culture and traditional livelihoods, reindeer herding in particular. The Sámi informants were unanimous about the need to amend the Reindeer Husbandry Act (848/1990), to better recognize the traditional Sámi ways of herding and knowledge embedded in it. Having strengthened the opportunities of the Sámi to participate in management planning, application of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines is a much welcome development. However, because of the voluntary nature of the Guidelines, their power may be limited in the current situation, where Sámi herders' rights are not settled in national legislation governing reindeer husbandry. Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Kon ENVELOPE(161.092,161.092,55.397,55.397) Ecology and Society 24 1 |
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The 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity, Article 8(j) in particular, requires its parties to "respect, preserve and maintain knowledge, innovations and practices of Indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles." In Finland, these requirements are, to some extent, fulfilled through application of the Akwé: Kon Voluntary Guidelines, a protocol developed by the CBD for cultural, environmental, and social impact assessment to be applied in regions inhabited or used by Indigenous peoples. However, although the Akwé: Kon Guidelines have been in use for several years, studies addressing their practical application are scarce. We set out to examine the use of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines, inclusion of traditional and local knowledge (TLK), as well as the related improvements and challenges in land use planning in the Municipality of Eanodat in Finnish Sápmi. We conducted key-informant interviews with local Sámi experts and local land use planning officials and examined recent land use and management plans for wilderness and conservation areas. Regarding the incorporation of TLK into land use planning, officials identified practical challenges, such as a mismatch between the oral narrative nature of TLK and the planning systems currently in use, and pointed to a need to make TLK more spatially explicit. The concerns of the Sámi were deeply tied to the survival of their culture and traditional livelihoods, reindeer herding in particular. The Sámi informants were unanimous about the need to amend the Reindeer Husbandry Act (848/1990), to better recognize the traditional Sámi ways of herding and knowledge embedded in it. Having strengthened the opportunities of the Sámi to participate in management planning, application of the Akwé: Kon Guidelines is a much welcome development. However, because of the voluntary nature of the Guidelines, their power may be limited in the current situation, where Sámi herders' rights are not settled in national legislation governing reindeer husbandry. |
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