Reindeer husbandry and climate change : Challenges for adaptation
Reindeer and reindeer herders in the circumpolar North are exposed to harsh and often hard-to-predict weather conditions. Herding communities have previously adapted to these external disturbances by flexible pasture use, seasonal mobility, changing herding practices, diversifying livelihoods and co...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-203079 2023-10-09T21:51:25+02:00 Reindeer husbandry and climate change : Challenges for adaptation Rasmus, Sirpa Horstkotte, Tim Turunen, Minna Landauer, Mia Löf, Annette Lehtonen, Ilari Rosqvist, Gunhild Holand, Øystein 2022 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-203079 https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118565-8 eng eng Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland Department for Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden Finnish Meteorological Institute, Finland Department of Physical Geography, Stockholm University, Sweden Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change : Pastoralism in Fennoscandia, p. 99-117 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-203079 urn:isbn:9781000593402 urn:isbn:9780367632670 doi:10.4324/9781003118565-8 Scopus 2-s2.0-85135607406 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Climate Research Klimatforskning Environmental Sciences Miljövetenskap Chapter in book info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart text 2022 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003118565-8 2023-09-22T13:56:44Z Reindeer and reindeer herders in the circumpolar North are exposed to harsh and often hard-to-predict weather conditions. Herding communities have previously adapted to these external disturbances by flexible pasture use, seasonal mobility, changing herding practices, diversifying livelihoods and continuously developing traditional or experience-based knowledge. However, few places in the world experience ongoing climate change as clearly and rapidly as the high northern latitudes. The effects of climate change and increased frequency of extreme weather events are transforming the biophysical environment of reindeer husbandry. These changes challenge the adaptive capacity of herders who operate in a landscape they share with, and which is highly impacted by, other forms of land use. Thus, sociopolitical factors play a major role in developing adaptation strategies that are perceived as desirable and possible. This chapter summarizes the observed and expected changes in climate and impacts thereof within the reindeer herding area (RHA) of northern Fennoscandia. The chapter further presents a range of strategies adopted by herders to cope with adverse, seasonal weather conditions and indirect impacts of climate change. Finally, it situates these strategies in the context of more proactive and institutional adaptation. Book Part Fennoscandia reindeer husbandry Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) 99 117 London |
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Reindeer and reindeer herders in the circumpolar North are exposed to harsh and often hard-to-predict weather conditions. Herding communities have previously adapted to these external disturbances by flexible pasture use, seasonal mobility, changing herding practices, diversifying livelihoods and continuously developing traditional or experience-based knowledge. However, few places in the world experience ongoing climate change as clearly and rapidly as the high northern latitudes. The effects of climate change and increased frequency of extreme weather events are transforming the biophysical environment of reindeer husbandry. These changes challenge the adaptive capacity of herders who operate in a landscape they share with, and which is highly impacted by, other forms of land use. Thus, sociopolitical factors play a major role in developing adaptation strategies that are perceived as desirable and possible. This chapter summarizes the observed and expected changes in climate and impacts thereof within the reindeer herding area (RHA) of northern Fennoscandia. The chapter further presents a range of strategies adopted by herders to cope with adverse, seasonal weather conditions and indirect impacts of climate change. Finally, it situates these strategies in the context of more proactive and institutional adaptation. |
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Rasmus, Sirpa Horstkotte, Tim Turunen, Minna Landauer, Mia Löf, Annette Lehtonen, Ilari Rosqvist, Gunhild Holand, Øystein |
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Reindeer husbandry and climate change : Challenges for adaptation |
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Reindeer husbandry and climate change : Challenges for adaptation |
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Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap |
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Reindeer Husbandry and Global Environmental Change : Pastoralism in Fennoscandia, p. 99-117 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-203079 urn:isbn:9781000593402 urn:isbn:9780367632670 doi:10.4324/9781003118565-8 Scopus 2-s2.0-85135607406 |
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