Reindeer Herders Voice: Download Book! |
Written by Philip Burgess |
Thursday, 07 May 2009 18:30 |
The recently published book Reindeer Herders Voice: Reindeer Herding, Traditional Knowledge and Adaptation to Climate Change and Loss of Grazing Lands. is now availabe for download from the Reindeer Portal Document Archive.
This book (a product of the EALÁT Information project) was published to coincide with the Arctic Council Ministerial meeting in Tromsø and the Melting Ice seminar also held in Tromsø, where it was presented to former Vice President Al Gore and all the Arctic Ministers and foreign ministers in attendence, from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Denmark, the USA, Canada and Iceland.
The book is over 130 pages, and features quotes, interviews and text from the EALÁT Information community based workshops that have been held thus far in the Sami area, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Sakha (Yakutia) and in Chukotka. Read more about the project here, where you can also read the foreword. Download the full book here on the Reindeer Portal Archive. Related Articles/Posts |