Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland: geography of perceptions

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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Land-use and climate related drivers of change in the reindeer management system in Finland: geography of perceptions

Juho Tahkola Mikko Jokinen Minna Turunen Henri Wallen Sirpa Rasmus Mia Landauer Sauli Laaksonen

subject

0106 biological sciences cumulative effects 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences Geography Planning and Development maankäyttö porotalous 01 natural sciences HUSBANDRY poronhoito PUBLIC-PARTICIPATION GIS Climate change Herding reindeer husbandry SEMI-DOMESTICATED REINDEER General Environmental Science 2. Zero hunger Cumulative effects Questionnaire Forestry GOVERNANCE Livelihood Natural resource 010601 ecology climate change Geography Tourism Leisure and Hospitality Management Management system IMPACTS 1171 Geosciences WINTER PASTURES Climate change Environmental planning 1172 Environmental sciences 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Cumulative effects Land use Practitioner knowledge land use ilmastonmuutokset 15. Life on land Northern Fennoscandia Northern fennoscandia poronhoitoalueet INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT RANGIFER-TARANDUS-TARANDUS SNOW Land use practitioner knowledge WILD REINDEER Reindeer husbandry

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

year	journal	country	edition	language
2021-09-01

http://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/17303/