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7 - Sámi Herders’ Knowledge and Forestry: Ecological Restoration of Reindeer Lichen Pastures in Northern Sweden

from Part I - From Practice to Principles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2022

By
Samuel Roturier ,
Lars-Evert Nutti  and
Hans Winsa
Edited by
Marie Roué ,
Douglas Nakashima  and
Igor Krupnik
Marie Roué
Affiliation:
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Douglas Nakashima
Affiliation:
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), France
Igor Krupnik
Affiliation:
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
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Summary

The research on the ecological restoration of reindeer lichen pastures described in this chapter relates the dynamic and complex endeavour of different actors through the coproduction of knowledge. First initiated by forest managers and forest ecologists, it soon became transdisciplinary when Sami reindeer herders collaborated, combining science and Indigenous knowledge to solve a problem in which neither were sufficient by themselves. However, the complex challenge of restoring reindeer lichen pastures in productive forest lands required an interdisciplinary and intersubjective understanding of the various partners’ worldviews and knowledge. This was materialized by fostering a collaborative learning process through experimentation, i.e., controlled field experiments that were jointly designed, established and surveyed. The results of these experiments and experiences enabled the exploration of innovative pathways for ecological restoration and to refine and share common goals.

Keywords

boreal forestCladoniaILKknowledge co-productionlichen dispersalprescribed burningreindeer husbandryRangiferreindeer lichenSami
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Resilience through Knowledge Co-Production
Indigenous Knowledge, Science, and Global Environmental Change
 , pp. 143 - 162
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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