Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions
Drivers of change in the reindeer management system are rather well-known. But when developing the gover-nance to support the traditional livelihoods, it is crucial to understand also practitioner perceptions. Systematic research on these is lacking. We analyzed the land-use and climate related driv...
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| author | Rasmus, Sirpa Wallen, Henri Turunen, Minna Landauer, Mia Tahkola, Juho Jokinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Sauli |
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| description | Drivers of change in the reindeer management system are rather well-known. But when developing the gover-nance to support the traditional livelihoods, it is crucial to understand also practitioner perceptions. Systematic research on these is lacking. We analyzed the land-use and climate related drivers within the reindeer man-agement area (RMA) in Finland, and, using a perception geography approach, studied the herder perceptions towards these. We conducted an on-site questionnaire survey with herders from 51 herding districts. Factors directly affecting the welfare of reindeer were perceived as crucial by herders, for example basal icing affecting the forage availability, and land-use related factors limiting the seasonal pasture access. Perceptions of herders on biophysical factors were rather homogeneous. The regional heterogeneities in perceptions towards land-use related factors could be explained by spatial differences in land-use and varying herding traditions. Cumulative land-use impacts raised particular concerns. Our approach can be utilized in the co-planning of the northern land-use and more widely in the co-management of natural resources. Peer reviewed |
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| op_relation | 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102501 We would like to thank the survey respondents for their time and contribution. The Reindeer Herders' Association is acknowledged for its collaboration during the work. We are grateful to Sanna Hast and Leena Valkeapää for the valuable discussions during the preparation of this manuscript. We express our warm thanks to Sonja Kivinen, Vesa Nivala, Kari Oinonen and Jani Räihä for the technical help. We would also like to thank the researchers of the project “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures”, especially Jouko Kumpula and Heli Saarikoski, for collaboration and access to the complementary material we needed. Financial support was provided by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (project “Gradual changes and abrupt crises - changing operational environment of Finnish reindeer herding”), Nordforsk (NCoE “Reindeer Husbandry in a Globalizing North – Resilience, Adaptations and Pathways for Actions”, project number 76915 ) and the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( MAKERA/2016 “Reindeer health in the changing environment” and “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures” projects). Financial support was provided by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (project “Gradual changes and abrupt crises - changing operational environment of Finnish reindeer herding”), Nordforsk (NCoE “Reindeer Husbandry in a Globalizing North – Resilience, Adaptations and Pathways for Actions”, project number 76915 ) and the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( MAKERA/2016 “Reindeer health in the changing environment” and “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures” projects). http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333934 000686900300004 |
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| spelling | ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/333934 2025-05-11T14:19:24+00:00 Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions Rasmus, Sirpa Wallen, Henri Turunen, Minna Landauer, Mia Tahkola, Juho Jokinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Sauli Department of Physics Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme Past Present Sustainability (PAES) Departments of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine 2021-09-02T08:07:02Z 18 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333934 eng eng Elsevier B.V. 10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102501 We would like to thank the survey respondents for their time and contribution. The Reindeer Herders' Association is acknowledged for its collaboration during the work. We are grateful to Sanna Hast and Leena Valkeapää for the valuable discussions during the preparation of this manuscript. We express our warm thanks to Sonja Kivinen, Vesa Nivala, Kari Oinonen and Jani Räihä for the technical help. We would also like to thank the researchers of the project “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures”, especially Jouko Kumpula and Heli Saarikoski, for collaboration and access to the complementary material we needed. Financial support was provided by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (project “Gradual changes and abrupt crises - changing operational environment of Finnish reindeer herding”), Nordforsk (NCoE “Reindeer Husbandry in a Globalizing North – Resilience, Adaptations and Pathways for Actions”, project number 76915 ) and the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( MAKERA/2016 “Reindeer health in the changing environment” and “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures” projects). Financial support was provided by the Finnish Cultural Foundation (project “Gradual changes and abrupt crises - changing operational environment of Finnish reindeer herding”), Nordforsk (NCoE “Reindeer Husbandry in a Globalizing North – Resilience, Adaptations and Pathways for Actions”, project number 76915 ) and the Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry ( MAKERA/2016 “Reindeer health in the changing environment” and “Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures” projects). http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333934 000686900300004 cc_by info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess openAccess Climate change Cumulative effects Land use Northern fennoscandia Practitioner knowledge Reindeer husbandry RANGIFER-TARANDUS-TARANDUS SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION GIS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WINTER PASTURES WILD REINDEER HUSBANDRY IMPACTS SNOW GOVERNANCE Geosciences Environmental sciences Article publishedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2025-04-15T00:14:10Z Drivers of change in the reindeer management system are rather well-known. But when developing the gover-nance to support the traditional livelihoods, it is crucial to understand also practitioner perceptions. Systematic research on these is lacking. We analyzed the land-use and climate related drivers within the reindeer man-agement area (RMA) in Finland, and, using a perception geography approach, studied the herder perceptions towards these. We conducted an on-site questionnaire survey with herders from 51 herding districts. Factors directly affecting the welfare of reindeer were perceived as crucial by herders, for example basal icing affecting the forage availability, and land-use related factors limiting the seasonal pasture access. Perceptions of herders on biophysical factors were rather homogeneous. The regional heterogeneities in perceptions towards land-use related factors could be explained by spatial differences in land-use and varying herding traditions. Cumulative land-use impacts raised particular concerns. Our approach can be utilized in the co-planning of the northern land-use and more widely in the co-management of natural resources. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia Rangifer tarandus reindeer husbandry HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Applied Geography 134 102501 |
| spellingShingle | Climate change Cumulative effects Land use Northern fennoscandia Practitioner knowledge Reindeer husbandry RANGIFER-TARANDUS-TARANDUS SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION GIS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WINTER PASTURES WILD REINDEER HUSBANDRY IMPACTS SNOW GOVERNANCE Geosciences Environmental sciences Rasmus, Sirpa Wallen, Henri Turunen, Minna Landauer, Mia Tahkola, Juho Jokinen, Mikko Laaksonen, Sauli Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title | Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title_full | Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title_fullStr | Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title_short | Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland : Geography of perceptions |
| title_sort | land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in finland : geography of perceptions |
| topic | Climate change Cumulative effects Land use Northern fennoscandia Practitioner knowledge Reindeer husbandry RANGIFER-TARANDUS-TARANDUS SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION GIS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WINTER PASTURES WILD REINDEER HUSBANDRY IMPACTS SNOW GOVERNANCE Geosciences Environmental sciences |
| topic_facet | Climate change Cumulative effects Land use Northern fennoscandia Practitioner knowledge Reindeer husbandry RANGIFER-TARANDUS-TARANDUS SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION GIS INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WINTER PASTURES WILD REINDEER HUSBANDRY IMPACTS SNOW GOVERNANCE Geosciences Environmental sciences |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/333934 |