Caught between Traditional Ways of Life and Economic Development: Interactions between Indigenous Peoples and an Oil Company in Numto Nature Park
The paper examines the conflict between indigenous people living in Numto Nature Park in the Khanty-Mansy region of Russia and the oil company Surgutneftegaz, which is trying to expand to new areas of the Park for industrial development. We analyse this conflict by looking at different perceptions c...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/1207 2023-05-15T14:18:43+02:00 Caught between Traditional Ways of Life and Economic Development: Interactions between Indigenous Peoples and an Oil Company in Numto Nature Park Tysiachniouk, Maria Olimpieva, Irina 2019-03-25 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip application/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1207 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207/3104 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207/3105 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207/3106 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207/3107 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/1207 doi:10.23865/arctic.v10.1207 Copyright (c) 2019 Maria Tysiachniouk, Irina Olimpieva https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 CC-BY-NC Arctic Review; Vol 10 (2019); 56-78 2387-4562 indigenous people benefit sharing traditional lifestyle economic development oil extraction conflict info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v10.1207 2022-03-24T06:35:03Z The paper examines the conflict between indigenous people living in Numto Nature Park in the Khanty-Mansy region of Russia and the oil company Surgutneftegaz, which is trying to expand to new areas of the Park for industrial development. We analyse this conflict by looking at different perceptions concerning the threats and benefits underpinning the conflicting parties’ arguments. We show that the oil company, whose approach is based on the principles of benefit sharing, seeks to provide economic benefits as well as infrastructure to ensure development in the indigenous community. In contrast, the indigenous people in Numto prioritise environmental safety and the possibility of maintaining their traditional ways of life, which means eliminating the negative impacts of oil development on fisheries, reindeer herding and the general state of the environment. The study indicates that focusing on indigenous peoples’ and oil companies’ differences concerning perceptions of threats and benefits provides a better understanding of desirable benefit-sharing arrangements between oil companies and indigenous peoples in areas that have so far only been marginally affected by industrialisation and modernisation. This insight suggests that the introduction of community-centred perspectives emphasising cultural and environmental security in benefit-sharing policies in oil companies could improve practices. The analysis draws on interviews with members of the indigenous Nenets and Khanty peoples of Numto Park as well as representatives of Surgutneftegaz, NGOs, the regional administration and the Numto Park administration Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic khanty nenets Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Review on Law and Politics 10 0 56 |
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The paper examines the conflict between indigenous people living in Numto Nature Park in the Khanty-Mansy region of Russia and the oil company Surgutneftegaz, which is trying to expand to new areas of the Park for industrial development. We analyse this conflict by looking at different perceptions concerning the threats and benefits underpinning the conflicting parties’ arguments. We show that the oil company, whose approach is based on the principles of benefit sharing, seeks to provide economic benefits as well as infrastructure to ensure development in the indigenous community. In contrast, the indigenous people in Numto prioritise environmental safety and the possibility of maintaining their traditional ways of life, which means eliminating the negative impacts of oil development on fisheries, reindeer herding and the general state of the environment. The study indicates that focusing on indigenous peoples’ and oil companies’ differences concerning perceptions of threats and benefits provides a better understanding of desirable benefit-sharing arrangements between oil companies and indigenous peoples in areas that have so far only been marginally affected by industrialisation and modernisation. This insight suggests that the introduction of community-centred perspectives emphasising cultural and environmental security in benefit-sharing policies in oil companies could improve practices. The analysis draws on interviews with members of the indigenous Nenets and Khanty peoples of Numto Park as well as representatives of Surgutneftegaz, NGOs, the regional administration and the Numto Park administration |
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Caught between Traditional Ways of Life and Economic Development: Interactions between Indigenous Peoples and an Oil Company in Numto Nature Park |
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