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IDENTIFICATION OF LOCAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS IMPORTANT FOR REINDEER HERDING AND DEVELOPMENT OF BASIC CLIMATE SCENARIOS
Principal Investigator: Dr. Inga Hanssen-Bauer
Participants: Norwegian Meterological Institute.
Objectives: a) To determine the extent to which the meteorological parameters can, singly or combined in indices, provide a biologically meaningful description of the local conditions that influence the food supply for reindeer. b) To produce basic local climate scenarios that can form the basis for the development of customised projections for reindeer herding.
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SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ADAPTATION - INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNANCE AS CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES.
Principal Investigators: Erik Reinert, Carina Keskitalo, Ellen Inga Turi
Objectives: To determine what non-climate factors influence herders’ ability to adapt to changing climate conditions and the constraints on, and opportunities for, coping associated with national and international institutions, governance and customary rights.
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SYNTHESIS: ASSESSING VULNERABILITY
Principal Investigators: Dr Robert Corell, Prof. Ole Henrik Magga, Prof. Svein Mathiesen, Dr Grete Hovelsrud
Collaboration: P.I.s from WPs 1 -7
The information gathered through the seven tasks in EALÁT-RESEARCH will be synthesised at two levels: within Finnmark and between Finnmark and Yamal. The team will analyse and compare the vulnerability, resilience and sensitivity of the reindeer herding community to the interacting forces of change outlined in the Tasks.
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CUSTOMISATION OF PASTURE CONDITIONS FOR REINDEER PASTORALISM
Principal Investigator. Prof. Svein Mathiesen.
Objectives: Summarise and compare scientific data and codified versions of herders’ knowledge about the effects of variation in winter weather on the availability of forage for reindeer in winter and the growth and quality of forage in summer. Data and Method: Scientific data: Scientific literature. Herders’ knowledge: Documentation of herders' description of climate and of their knowledge of the effects of climate variation on forage and on foraging conditions.
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REINDEER: CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY AND CHANGE
Objective: To determine the independent effects of climatic perturbation on the lifetime productive performance of female reindeer.
Principal Investigator: Dr Nicholas Tyler. Collaboration: Herder M.A.Sara
Reindeer data are collected in a herd of approximately 600 reindeer, owned and managed by Sámi pastoralists, which grazes all year round at a natural mountain pasture in Finnmark.
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INVESTIGATING NEW PEDAGOGICAL MODELS FOR REINDEER HERDERS.
Principal Investigator: Mathis Per Bongo
The goal of this Work Package is to develop a flexible and integrated education model (4 x 15-15-15-15 credits) at college-level customized towards active reindeer herders, allowing them to conduct a formal education without having to leave the reindeer herding industry.
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REINDEER HERDERS’ KNOWLEDGE: CODIFYING AND COMMUNICATING COPING MECHANISMS
Principal Investigators: Prof. Ole Henrik Magga, Prof. Svein Mathiesen and Inger Marie Gaup Eira, Collaboration: Dr. Nancy Maynard, M.N.Sara. Herders: N.I.Eira, J.M.Turi, J.Magga
Objectives: To codify herders’ experience and perception of climate change, their coping mechanisms and their perception and assessment of risk associated with different coping options.
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REINDEER WELFARE AND NUTRITION: HERDERS’ OBSERVATIONS AND SCIENTIFIC DATA
Principal Investigators: Prof. Svein Mathiesen, Professor Monica Sundset, Dr Nicholas Tyler.
Collaboration: Herders N.I.Eira, M.Sara
Objectives: To determine the effects of local climatic variability and climate change on nutritional status and welfare of reindeer through understanding of physiological adaptation to change.
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