Finnmark

The Sachs Harbour and Finnmark examples discussed in this chapter similarly evidence the importance of collaborating with local people and other stakeholders.

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An example of a fully participatory exercise with a Sámi reindeer herding community in the Finnmark area of northern Norway is then used to explore aspects of vulnerability in their reindeerherding livelihood.

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The Yamal Nenets case study (Chapter 12) is of interest because it focuses, like the Finnmark study, on a reindeer herding livelihood with a history of adaptive management during times of change.

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Reindeer herding in Finnmark and Russia, and fishing, sealing, and whaling in Greenland, Canada, Russia, and Alaska reflect the ability of arctic peoples to utilize and innovate with available resources, and to anticipate environmental and social changes in ways that enable people to take advantage of opportunities and guard against adverse effects.

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Secondly, work to date with the Sámi reindeer herding community in Finnmark offers an excellent example of the co-generation of knowledge involving academic scientists and indigenous peoples.

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The Yamal Nenet situation differs from that of the Finnmark herders in that the Yamal Nenets are experiencing stresses relating to oil and gas extraction, and might in the future experience stresses related to Northern Sea Route coastal development made possible by climate change.

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A third example (see section 17.4.2) focuses on reindeer populations and reindeer herding in Finnmark, Norway.

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Two additional factors support the inclusion of the Finnmark case study.

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Although a comparative analysis of the Yamal and the Finnmark cases would certainly be instructive it is premature given the preliminary character of research on each of these at this time.

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Over the past decades indigenous populations in Greenland, Finnmark, and elsewhere have tended to migrate to towns and larger settlements.

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