Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems

This paper reviews oral histories and established scientific materials regarding wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus spp.) in the Southern Sakha-Yakutia, in the Neriungri district and surrounding highlands, river valleys and taiga forest ecosystems. Wild reindeer is seen as an ecological and cultural k...

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Autores principales:	Tero Mustonen, Tamara Andreeva, Vyacheslav Shadrin, Kaisu Mustonen
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	Siberia rewilding Evenki Sakha-Yakutia Rangifer Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:26f25c064e124e34ba73e883fe63e8c12021-11-11T19:44:24ZReturn of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems10.3390/su1321121072071-1050https://doaj.org/article/26f25c064e124e34ba73e883fe63e8c12021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/21/12107https://doaj.org/toc/2071-1050This paper reviews oral histories and established scientific materials regarding wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus spp.) in the Southern Sakha-Yakutia, in the Neriungri district and surrounding highlands, river valleys and taiga forest ecosystems. Wild reindeer is seen as an ecological and cultural keystone species through which environmental and social changes can be understood and interpreted. Oral histories of Evenki regarding wild reindeer have been documented in the community of Iyengra between 2005 and 2020. During this 15-year-co-researchership the Southern Sakha-Yakutian area has undergone rapid industrial development affecting the forest and aquatic ecosystems. The wild reindeer lost habitats and dwindles in numbers. We demonstrate that the loss of the wild reindeer is not only a loss of biodiversity, but also of cultural and linguistic diversity as well as food security. Our interpretative and analytical frame is that of emplacement. Socio-ecological systems have the potential and capacity to reconnect and re-establish themselves in post-extractive landscapes, if three main conditions are met. These conditions for successful emplacement include (1) surviving natural core areas, (2) links to cultural landscape knowledge and (3) an agency to renew endemic links.Tero MustonenTamara AndreevaVyacheslav ShadrinKaisu MustonenMDPI AGarticleSiberiarewildingEvenkiSakha-YakutiaRangiferEnvironmental effects of industries and plantsTD194-195Renewable energy sourcesTJ807-830Environmental sciencesGE1-350ENSustainability, Vol 13, Iss 12107, p 12107 (2021)
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topic	Siberia rewilding Evenki Sakha-Yakutia Rangifer Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350
spellingShingle	Siberia rewilding Evenki Sakha-Yakutia Rangifer Environmental effects of industries and plants TD194-195 Renewable energy sources TJ807-830 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Tero Mustonen Tamara Andreeva Vyacheslav Shadrin Kaisu Mustonen Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
description	This paper reviews oral histories and established scientific materials regarding wild reindeer (Rangifer tarandus spp.) in the Southern Sakha-Yakutia, in the Neriungri district and surrounding highlands, river valleys and taiga forest ecosystems. Wild reindeer is seen as an ecological and cultural keystone species through which environmental and social changes can be understood and interpreted. Oral histories of Evenki regarding wild reindeer have been documented in the community of Iyengra between 2005 and 2020. During this 15-year-co-researchership the Southern Sakha-Yakutian area has undergone rapid industrial development affecting the forest and aquatic ecosystems. The wild reindeer lost habitats and dwindles in numbers. We demonstrate that the loss of the wild reindeer is not only a loss of biodiversity, but also of cultural and linguistic diversity as well as food security. Our interpretative and analytical frame is that of emplacement. Socio-ecological systems have the potential and capacity to reconnect and re-establish themselves in post-extractive landscapes, if three main conditions are met. These conditions for successful emplacement include (1) surviving natural core areas, (2) links to cultural landscape knowledge and (3) an agency to renew endemic links.
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author	Tero Mustonen Tamara Andreeva Vyacheslav Shadrin Kaisu Mustonen
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title	Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
title_short	Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
title_full	Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
title_fullStr	Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
title_full_unstemmed	Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems
title_sort	return of nimat?—wild reindeer as an indicator of evenki biocultural systems
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Return of Nimat?—Wild Reindeer as an Indicator of Evenki Biocultural Systems

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