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The management of reindeer herds in northernmost Europe has been dramatically altered by changes in the environment, largely the result of human activities. This volume investigates the conditions upon which human-reindeer relations have been based, as well as those necessary for future reindeer management. It consists of three parts: I: Herders and Reindeer: The Cultural and Socioeconomic Dynamics of Human-Animal Relations II: Reindeer Herding - Effects on Soils, Soil Biota, and Vegetation III: Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences The results of process-oriented field and laboratory studies by scientists are efficaciously supported by those from research involving herders and their experience-based knowledge. In Northern Fennoscandia and Northwest Russia the issue is not just the conservation of the natural environment of reindeer, but also the survival of the Sami, the northern indigenous people who herd them.

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Author:   Bruce C. Forbes ,  Manfred Bölter ,  Ludger Müller-Wille ,  Janne Hukkinen
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2006
Volume:   184
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.639kg
ISBN:  

9783642065484

ISBN 10:   3642065481
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   12 February 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Prologue.- Prologue.- Herders and Reindeer: The Cultural and Socio-Economic Dynamics of Human-Animal Relations.- The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management in Northernmost Europe.- Dynamics in Human-Reindeer Relations: Reflections on Prehistoric, Historic and Contemporary Practices in Northernmost Europe.- Development of Participatory Institutions for Reindeer Management in Finland: A Diagnosis of Deliberation, Knowledge Integration and Sustainability.- The Comparison of Indigenous and Scientific Perceptions of Reindeer Management.- The Challenges and Dilemmas of Concession Reindeer Management in Sweden.- Changes in Property Regimes and Reindeer Herding Management in Post-Soviet Herding Collectives: The Case of the Municipality of Lovozero (Murmansk Region, Northwest Russia).- Reindeer Herding — Effects on Soils, Soil Biota and Vegetation.- Defining the Quality of Reindeer Pastures: The Perspectives of Sámi Reindeer Herders.- Very High Resolution Remote Sensing Data in Reindeer Pasture Inventory in Northern Fennoscandia.- Vegetation: Structure, Cover, and Biomass of Subarctic Tundra Wetlands Used as Summer Pastures.- The Chemical Response of Reindeer Summer Pasture Plants in a Subarctic Peatland to Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation.- Consequences of Grazing on Soil Physical and Mechanical Properties in Forest and Tundra Environments.- Changes in Organic Horizon Soil Properties Due to Reindeer Herding and Changing Management.- Changing Microbial Ecology with Changes in Grazing and its Management.- Hygienic Status of Soils and Surface Waters in Reindeer Herding Areas in Northernmost Europe.- Integrative Models for Reindeer Management: The Interface Between Social and Natural Sciences.- Population Trends of Semi-Domesticated Reindeer in Fennoscandia — Evaluation ofExplanations.- Systems Analysis of Finnish Reindeer Management.- Synthesis: Environmental and Sociopolitical Conditions for Modern Reindeer Management in Europe’s North.- Epilogue.

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