Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities
In Swedish Lappland, large national parks and nature reserves include forests with exceptional biodiversity values. While they are located in the ancient cultural landscapes of the indigenous Sami, this aspect has rarely been considered in the process of nature protection. In this study, we discuss...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-188645 2023-10-09T21:53:18+02:00 Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities Östlund, Lars Norstedt, Gudrun 2021 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188645 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119726 eng eng Umeå universitet, Várdduo – Centrum för samisk forskning Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden Forest Ecology and Management, 0378-1127, 2021, 502, orcid:0000-0002-4438-3547 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-188645 doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119726 ISI:000706400100002 Scopus 2-s2.0-85116373801 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Culturally modified trees CMT Reindeer herding Boreal forest Domesticated landscapes Sami Forest Science Skogsvetenskap Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Ecology Ekologi Human Geography Kulturgeografi Article, review/survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2021 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2021.119726 2023-09-22T14:01:30Z In Swedish Lappland, large national parks and nature reserves include forests with exceptional biodiversity values. While they are located in the ancient cultural landscapes of the indigenous Sami, this aspect has rarely been considered in the process of nature protection. In this study, we discuss how the preservation of Sami cultural values can be introduced and developed in forest reserves. We do this by reviewing recent research on the cultural legacy that the Sami have left in the boreal forest and discuss why so much of this legacy is found in the large areas of ecologically valuable forest that still exist in Lappland. We find that the Sami left deep imprints in the trees, in the forest structure, and in the archaeological record. We also find that the large forest reserves were created in the areas where the timber frontier arrived last, so they were less affected by both early actions of recurrent logging and by modern forestry. These forest reserves contain the ancient trees, the dead wood, and the disturbance regimes that favor biodiversity, and also a substantial Sami cultural legacy that has largely disappeared in the managed forest landscape. The preservation of this legacy is not without its challenges. We address the lack of inventory data, the poor collaboration between different authorities, and the general lack of involvement of the Sami communities; furthermore, we propose measures to overcome these shortcomings. If such measures are introduced, the value of the large and unique forest reserves of Swedish Lappland would be greatly enriched. The cultural legacies in forest dominated landscapes in northern Scandinavia is comparable to many other very northern or very southern regions in that they share a similar history of millennia of indigenous land use, with abrupt changes in modern time and also have large protected areas today. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lappland sami sami Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Lappland ENVELOPE(18.067,18.067,65.900,65.900) Forest Ecology and Management 502 119726 |
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Culturally modified trees CMT Reindeer herding Boreal forest Domesticated landscapes Sami Forest Science Skogsvetenskap Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Ecology Ekologi Human Geography Kulturgeografi Östlund, Lars Norstedt, Gudrun Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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In Swedish Lappland, large national parks and nature reserves include forests with exceptional biodiversity values. While they are located in the ancient cultural landscapes of the indigenous Sami, this aspect has rarely been considered in the process of nature protection. In this study, we discuss how the preservation of Sami cultural values can be introduced and developed in forest reserves. We do this by reviewing recent research on the cultural legacy that the Sami have left in the boreal forest and discuss why so much of this legacy is found in the large areas of ecologically valuable forest that still exist in Lappland. We find that the Sami left deep imprints in the trees, in the forest structure, and in the archaeological record. We also find that the large forest reserves were created in the areas where the timber frontier arrived last, so they were less affected by both early actions of recurrent logging and by modern forestry. These forest reserves contain the ancient trees, the dead wood, and the disturbance regimes that favor biodiversity, and also a substantial Sami cultural legacy that has largely disappeared in the managed forest landscape. The preservation of this legacy is not without its challenges. We address the lack of inventory data, the poor collaboration between different authorities, and the general lack of involvement of the Sami communities; furthermore, we propose measures to overcome these shortcomings. If such measures are introduced, the value of the large and unique forest reserves of Swedish Lappland would be greatly enriched. The cultural legacies in forest dominated landscapes in northern Scandinavia is comparable to many other very northern or very southern regions in that they share a similar history of millennia of indigenous land use, with abrupt changes in modern time and also have large protected areas today. |
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Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous Sami in northern forest reserves : Present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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preservation of the cultural legacy of the indigenous sami in northern forest reserves : present shortcomings and future possibilities |
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Umeå universitet, Várdduo – Centrum för samisk forskning |
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2021 |
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