Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders?:introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for indigenous and local communities
Abstract The stakeholder concept has dominated academic discussions for a number of years and has functioned as a normative guide for natural resource management. However, there are at least three characteristics in stakeholder approaches: (1) all-inclusivity; (2) prioritization of economic interest...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2020111189911 2023-07-30T04:06:39+02:00 Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders?:introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for indigenous and local communities Sarkki, S. (Simo) Heikkinen, H. I. (Hannu I.) Löf, A. (Annette) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020111189911 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Springer Polar Sciences. The final authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52324-4_13. Finland Governance Land use Reindeer herding Rights-holders Social equity Stakeholders Sámi people info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:10Z Abstract The stakeholder concept has dominated academic discussions for a number of years and has functioned as a normative guide for natural resource management. However, there are at least three characteristics in stakeholder approaches: (1) all-inclusivity; (2) prioritization of economic interests; (3) ahistorical view on rights, which risk continued marginalization of indigenous people and the practitioners of traditional livelihoods despite of the intention to nurture indigenous and local participation by acknowledging them as stakeholders. We propose, in the context of natural resource governance, to address these biases by recognising indigenous and local traditional livelihood practitioners as rights-holders. We examine in turn: (1) how to conceptualise rights-holders in governance through a social equity perspective (2) why indigenous and local traditional livelihood practitioners should be considered as rights-holders instead of stakeholders, and (3) some of the implications and tensions associated with considering traditional livelihood practitioners, including both indigenous and non-indigenous groups and individuals, as rights-holders. We illustrate and examine these questions in a case study of reindeer herding in Finland. In Finland, today, reindeer herding is practiced by both Sámi and Finn herders and, based on a social equity perspective, both groups can be considered rights-holders if we acknowledge reindeer herding as a traditional livelihood practice. As traditional livelihood practitioners, herder have their whole way of life at stake and ultimately depend on access to land. In addition, herders have (had) detailed systems of customary rights preceding effective state-based governance in the north. Such institutions are particularly pronounced for Sámi reindeer herders but are applicable to both groups. Our conceptualisation of rights-holders thus recognises herders as categorically different from stakeholders, whose stakes are typically economic. It provides an incentive to increase the ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Sámi Jultika - University of Oulu repository Finn ENVELOPE(12.739,12.739,65.935,65.935) |
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Abstract The stakeholder concept has dominated academic discussions for a number of years and has functioned as a normative guide for natural resource management. However, there are at least three characteristics in stakeholder approaches: (1) all-inclusivity; (2) prioritization of economic interests; (3) ahistorical view on rights, which risk continued marginalization of indigenous people and the practitioners of traditional livelihoods despite of the intention to nurture indigenous and local participation by acknowledging them as stakeholders. We propose, in the context of natural resource governance, to address these biases by recognising indigenous and local traditional livelihood practitioners as rights-holders. We examine in turn: (1) how to conceptualise rights-holders in governance through a social equity perspective (2) why indigenous and local traditional livelihood practitioners should be considered as rights-holders instead of stakeholders, and (3) some of the implications and tensions associated with considering traditional livelihood practitioners, including both indigenous and non-indigenous groups and individuals, as rights-holders. We illustrate and examine these questions in a case study of reindeer herding in Finland. In Finland, today, reindeer herding is practiced by both Sámi and Finn herders and, based on a social equity perspective, both groups can be considered rights-holders if we acknowledge reindeer herding as a traditional livelihood practice. As traditional livelihood practitioners, herder have their whole way of life at stake and ultimately depend on access to land. In addition, herders have (had) detailed systems of customary rights preceding effective state-based governance in the north. Such institutions are particularly pronounced for Sámi reindeer herders but are applicable to both groups. Our conceptualisation of rights-holders thus recognises herders as categorically different from stakeholders, whose stakes are typically economic. It provides an incentive to increase the ... |
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Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders?:introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for indigenous and local communities |
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Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders?:introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for indigenous and local communities |
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Reindeer herders as stakeholders or rights-holders?:introducing a social equity-based conceptualization relevant for indigenous and local communities |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Springer Polar Sciences. The final authenticated version is available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52324-4_13. |
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