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Participatory GIS to mitigate conflicts between reindeer husbandry and forestry in Vilhelmina Model Forest, Sweden

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: To improve communication between reindeer-herders and other land users, we developed and implemented a system to produce reindeer husbandry plans together with Sami reindeer-herding communities. A central component of our communications strategy was the introduction and use of a participatory GIS (pGIS). We evaluated the potential and limitations of pGIS as a tool for collaborative learning. We concluded that by merging traditional and scientific knowledge in a pGIS, the process of spatial communication has contributed to a more inclusive planning process, and to improved knowledge-sharing. Furthermore, the process has contributed to a more efficient long-term perspective where land use planning focuses on key areas but with solutions applied to the landscape. The Model Forest offered an appropriate platform to facilitate the process.

Source: The Forestry Chronicle

DOI: 10.5558/tfc2012-051

Authors: Per Sandström, Camilla Sandström, Johan Svensson, Leif Jougda, Karin Baer

Institutions: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå University, Swedish Forest Agency

Language: English

Topic: Geographic Information Systems Studies

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Life on land

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1983293290

FWCI: 9.123

Cites: 2

Cited by: 29

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