Pohjoisten metsien monikäyttö Suomessa

Kirjoittanut: Kati Kauppi ja Tuija Simpanen Finland’s northern forest use has historically been divided and faced environmental conflicts between forestry and reindeer husbandry. Different interests for natural resource use between communities and groups can cause disagreements, but for sustaining diverse forest nature and local, valuable culture of Sámi Homeland in the future, we must reconsider …

How does reindeer husbandry affect ecosystems in Kilpisjärvi?

By Anna Kangas, Helmi Lappalainen-Imbert, Eveliina Piispanen, Juliette Rose  There is no other place in Finland than Kilpisjärvi that has similar differences in altitudes combined with moist marine climate traits and rare soil minerals. There, in the northernmost part of Finland, nature has a central role in the livelihoods of people. This area is also …

Incorporation of local knowledge into science by the case of the Arctic 

Written by Olga Ievleva and Roni Kantola The Arctic region occupies a huge territory. Due to climate change, this land is experiencing rapid and comprehensive changes, which require constant monitoring and analysis. However, the process of gathering the data on occurring development is hampered by the remoteness of the Arctic and lack of logistic opportunities …

Agroforestry: a deeply rooted alternative 

By Ossi I. Ollinaho Agroforestry remains in the margins of the contemporary food system even though it affords an impressive range of benefits, both with regard to the ecology and the social realm alike. It has been practiced for millennia and it is quite probable that people have been subtly enriching forests with useful plant …

Enhancing socio-ecological resilience by skilled food self-provisioning 

Large-scale industrial food production has been identified as a cause of environmental havoc. Growing and gathering one’s own food—or food self-provisioning—has again been proposed as a sustainable alternative. Owing to its small scale, local food self-provisioning requires less clear cutting of forests, mining for rare minerals, development of new chemicals, or resource intensive transportation infrastructure …