Abstract
The study illustrates the vulnerable situation of the reindeer herders and that climate change impact may have serious consequences for the trade and their overall way of life. Decision makers on all levels, both in Sweden and internationally, need improved insights into these complex issues to be able to make adequate decisions about adaptive climate change strategies.
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HerdingClimate changePsychological resiliencePastoralismGeographySocioeconomicsEnvironmental resource managementLivestockPsychologySociologyEcologySocial psychology
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- 4
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- 1
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- 8417-8417
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Maria Furberg,
Birgitta Evengård,
Maria Skyvell Nilsson
(2011).
Facing the limit of resilience: perceptions of climate change among reindeer herding Sami in Sweden.
Global Health Action
, 4
(1)
, 8417-8417.
https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v4i0.8417
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- 10.3402/gha.v4i0.8417