TY - BOOK ID - 8285017 TI - Reindeer management in northernmost Europe : linking practical and scientific knowledge in social-ecological systems PY - 2006 SN - 3642065481 3540260870 3540313923 PB - Berlin ; [London] : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Reindeer herding -- Environmental aspects -- Europe, Northern. KW - Reindeer herding -- Environmental aspects. KW - Reindeer herding -- Europe, Northern. KW - Animal Sciences KW - Environmental Sciences KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Agriculture KW - Issue KW - Reindeer herding KW - Environmental aspects KW - Environment. KW - Animal ecology. KW - Plant ecology. KW - Environmental management. KW - Nature conservation. KW - Soil science. KW - Soil conservation. KW - Sociology. KW - Environmental Management. KW - Animal Ecology. KW - Sociology, general. KW - Soil Science & Conservation. KW - Nature Conservation. KW - Plant Ecology. KW - Herding KW - Environmental stewardship KW - Stewardship, Environmental KW - Environmental sciences KW - Management KW - Botany KW - Plants KW - Ecology KW - Conservation of nature KW - Nature KW - Nature protection KW - Protection of nature KW - Conservation of natural resources KW - Applied ecology KW - Conservation biology KW - Endangered ecosystems KW - Natural areas KW - Conservation of soil KW - Erosion control, Soil KW - Soil erosion KW - Soil erosion control KW - Soils KW - Agricultural conservation KW - Soil management KW - Animals KW - Zoology KW - Conservation KW - Control KW - Prevention KW - Phytoecology KW - Vegetation ecology KW - Pedology (Soil science) KW - Earth sciences KW - Social theory KW - Social sciences KW - Floristic ecology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8285017 AB - The findings presented in this volume represent a concerted effort to develop a more inclusive form of reindeer management for northernmost Europe. Our guiding principle has been to foster a new paradigm of participatory research. We wish to move beyond the historical reliance on western approaches to basic and applied science. These have been concerned prim- ily with interactions between herded animals and the various components of their biophysical environment, e. g. , plants, insects, predators, climate, and others. In our view,sociocultural and economic drivers,along with herders’ experience-based knowledge,gain equal currency in the effort to understand how management may mitigate against the negative aspects of the challenges modern herding faces, while also exploring concepts of sustainability from different perspectives (see also Jernsletten and Klokov 2002; Kankaanpää et al. 2002; Ulvevadet and Klokov 2004). This broadening of the pool of disciplines and local,national,and int- national stakeholders in policy-relevant research invariably complicates v- tually all aspects of the research process. Multidisciplinary or, in our sense, transdisciplinary approaches also require extraordinary effort from all p- ticipants if they are to succeed. As such, those approaches should not be undertaken lightly, nor without personnel who possess appropriate expe- ence in cooperating with those of different disciplines and, preferably, also with relevant practitioners and public social and administrative institutions. In such settings the potential for misunderstandings is quite high. ER -