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Adaptive Strategies of Indigenous Nenets Reindeer Herders for Climate Change in Yamal

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Nenets reindeer pastoralists of Yamal in the Russian Arctic, successfully deal with rapidly changing climate and natural gas industrialization. We present results from our long-term ethnographic study (2001–present) on the adaptive strategies that Nenets nomadic households have employed over time, their tradeoffs, inherent risks, and social implications of these strategies. While some strategies limit the adaptive flexibility of herding, they simultaneously enable agency that keeps Nenets households on the land—critical for maintaining their nomadism. Rapid climate change in the Arctic, which could lead to increased icing of pastures, makes reindeer herding more vulnerable. We examine meteorological data from Yamal to better understand the climatic trends challenging reindeer nomadism. Our analysis is relevant for policymakers through understanding Nenets adaptation and interactions with ecological processes and institutions.

Source: Sibirica

DOI: 10.3167/sib.2024.230304

Authors: Alexandra Terekhina, Alexander Volkovitskiy, Florian Stammler, Karl Mertens, Valeriy Y. Ivanov, Pavel Orekhov, Colin D. Wren, Boqi Tian, Xin Shen, Aytalina Ivanova, Desheng Liu, John P. Ziker

Language: English

Topic: Indigenous Studies and Ecology

Subfield: General Health Professions

Field: Health Professions

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Life on land

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Ohio State University, Boise State University, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences

Awards: NNA Track 2: Collaborative Research: Interactions of environmental and land surface change, animals, infrastructure, and peoples of the Arctic, Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic, Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic, Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic, Collaborative Research: Hydrologic and Permafrost Changes Due to Tree Expansion into Tundra, Collaborative Research: Hydrologic and Permafrost Changes Due to Tree Expansion into Tundra, Collaborative Research: NNA Research: Interactions of natural and social systems with climate change, globalization, and infrastructure development in the Arctic

OpenAlex ID: W4407301857

FWCI: 1.07

Cites: 66

Cited by: 2

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