Reindeer Husbandry: Resilience in the Changing Arctic, Volume 2

This open access book focuses on climate change, indigenous reindeer husbandry and the underlying concept of connecting the traditional knowledge of indigenous reindeer herders in the Arctic with the latest research findings of the world’s leading academics. The Arctic and sub-Arctic environment, climate and biodiversity are changing in ways unprecedented in the long histories of the north, challenging traditional ways of life, well-being, and food security with legitimate concerns for the future of traditional indigenous livelihoods. The book provides a clear and thorough overview of the potential problems caused by a warming climate on reindeer husbandry and how reindeer herders' knowledge should be brought to action. In particular, the predicted impacts of global warming on winter climate and the resilience reindeer of communities are thoroughly discussed.

Chapter 1. Co-production of knowledge on climate change adaptation in Reindeer Sámi culture – Research methodology and ethics -- Chapter 2. Adaption to the future climate in Sámi Reindeer Husbandry: A case study from Tromso, Norway -- Chapter 3. Adaptation to change in Reindeer Husbandry in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Russia -- Chapter 4. Historical aspects of cross-border cooperation between Nordic and Soviet experts in Reindeer Husbandry -- Chapter 5. Reindeer herding in Norway: Cyclicality and permanent change vs. Governmental rigidities -- Chapter 6. Reindeer herders' food knowledge systems -- Chapter 7. Reindeer Husbandry trends: Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Western Finnmark -- Chapter 8. Resilience thinking in Reindeer Husbandry.