Reindeer Pastoralism

Jesper Larsson () and Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja ()
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Jesper Larsson: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Eva-Lotta Päiviö Sjaunja: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Chapter Chapter 7 in Self-Governance and Sami Communities, 2022, pp 157-194 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The chapter focuses on intensive reindeer husbandry or reindeer pastoralism, which was a tenure system that emerged in the early modern period. Reindeer pastoralism and grazing are deeply interconnected and we therefore illuminate the ecological settings for reindeer grazing. A large part of the debate about governing common-pool resources has dealt with pastoralists and their grazing lands. Important features of reindeer pastoralism are described, including a discussion about how the number of tame reindeer developed in early modern era. The chapter ends with a portrayal of and a discussion about individual households’ rights to use certain areas for grazing, chiefly based on descriptions of contemporary court rulings from the local court in Jokkmokk. We show how a common-property regime evolved.

Keywords: Reindeer; Pastoralism; Common-property regime; Grazing land; Lichen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87498-8_7

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