A Competing Harvester, Stakeholder, and Environmental Threat
Positioning Reindeer in Metla Forestry Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418559 |
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| Authors | J Nyyssonen (0000-0001-7465-1664, School of History, Culture and Arts Studies, University of Turku Turku Finland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 689-706 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-28 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-bja10076 |
| OpenAlex | W4296511643 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
What kind of positions have reindeer been given in Finnish forestry science by research institution, Metsäntutkimuslaitos (Metla)? Because of overlapping zones of utilization, reindeer for the most part appeared as a threat to national wealth and a problem to harvesting, as well as spoiling ecosystem productivity. They were perceived as a harmful species that destroyed and “killed” saplings and decreased the forest areal. Closer to the present day, the positions of reindeer have become more versatile, and reindeer receive more positive characterizations, even that of stakeholders, or the ones enjoying the outcomes of better-managed pastures. However, the breakthrough in environmental discourse from the 1980s onwards has led to the marginalization and demonization of the reindeer. The position of reindeer in their ecosystem has become unstable and is defined anew as a risk
Agroforestry · Biology · Business · Demonization · Economic growth · Economics · Ecosystem · Environmental protection · Environmental resource management · Geography · Natural resource economics · Political science · Position (finance · Productivity · Stakeholder · Environmental Science · Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies · Forest Management and Policy · Indigenous Studies and Ecology · Ecology · Forestry
| Highly cited | No |
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