Food Sovereignty of the Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia: Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

• Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• Main Authors: Elena Bogdanova, Sergei Andronov, Ildiko Asztalos Morell, Kamrul Hossain, Dele Raheem, Praskovia Filant, Andrey Lobanov
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: food sovereignty; reindeer herding; food value chain; Indigenous peoples; COVID-19 pandemic; the Arctic; Western Siberia; Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Arctic; Gyda; Nyda; Ob' Bay; Tazovsky; Yamal Peninsula; nenets; Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17207570

This article presents the challenges facing reindeer herding as being both a profitable business and part of the traditional culture of the nomadic Indigenous peoples in the Arctic zone of Western Siberia which addresses substantial needs of the local population. Reindeer herding products are used a...