An Indigenous Perspective on National Parks and Sámi Reindeer Management in Norway

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5877124
AutoresJan Åge Riseth (0000-0003-4120-7772, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, autor de correspondencia)
Año2007
Volumen45
Número2
Páginas177-185
Fecha de publicación2007-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGeographical Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1745-5863 • E-ISSN: 1745-5871
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-5871.2007.00449.x
OpenAlexW2128396784
IdiomaDE
Citas recibidas19
Referencias citadas17

Protection of nature for biodiversity, and for the material livelihoods of Indigenous peoples, have much in common. Indigenous relations to nature are, however, based on unity between use and protection, implying that human use is necessary for effective protection. Often protected areas include the homelands of Indigenous peoples, whose needs and rights are still being ignored to a large extent. This paper explores the effects of a plan for a significant increase of large nature protection areas in Norway, still under implementation. Most of the new protection areas are in the heartland of the Indigenous Sámi, whose core livelihood is reindeer management. The plan implies transfer of jurisdiction from Indigenous and local domains to formalised central domains. In several cases, this has provoked Indigenous and rural groups to organised resistance. In this case study, there are signs of new tensions between Sámi and other rural groups. Indigenous land use can be marginalised by park restrictions and increasing pressure from visitor activity. The Sámi response was to boycott the park management board leading to a stalemate. A robust solution seems to require consideration of deeper institutional levels

Agriculture · Archaeology · Environmental planning · Geography · Indigenous · Jurisdiction · Livelihood · Political science · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Law · Ecology