JPI Climate: Social-Ecological Transformations: HUMan-ANimal Relations Under Climate Change in NORthern Eurasia
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Aberdeen
Department Name: Sch of Social Science
Abstract
Ongoing climate change in the 21st century will instigate profound societal transformations in the 21st century. Yet, our knowledge of how such transformations can be achieved in an equitable and sustainable manner is limited. The HUMANOR project investigates historical transformations of mobile pastoralist social-ecological systems (SESs) for clues about which pathways may lead to such transformations. We comparatively study SESs that have undergone profound climatic fluctuations in the last centuries (indigenous Sámi, Nenets, Evenki and Mongolian pastoralists) while maintaining their livelihoods through a host of incremental and qualitative shifts. Although these systems are increasingly being exposed to rapid climate change (e.g. the Arctic warming faster than lower latitudes), our understanding of SES response capacities is limited to adaptations within the current systems. We propose that a long-term focus on human-animal relations and the general socio-economic contexts may illustrate how people can deal with abrupt changes (including massive environmental shocks) and re-create these systems. Our focus is on the complex drivers of social-ecological transformations of recent decades and centuries that include climate variation, land use change, governance forms, institutional change (including legislation and social norms) and markets. We expect to show that although it is an ancient livelihood, still practiced across vast areas of N Eurasia, pastoralism is constantly undergoing shifts in the nexus of feedbacks between humans, animals and the environment. This comparative trans-disciplinary study is performed across several timescales (centennial changes since the Middle Ages- marking reindeer domestication in Fennoscandia and Siberia and the height of the pastoralist Mongolian Empire, and decadal changes since the mid-20th century) in order to illustrate the historical context of change and provide key insights into people as active agents or passive receptors of change. For instance, we know that even at low human population densities, large livestock herds can alter ecosystem structure and function but we know comparatively little about how social, economic and political changes foster or impede deliberate, desirable changes in the ecosystems and societies underlying these SESs. We propose that projecting future transformations will benefit from the retrospective partitioning of: (1) socio-economic and political from climate drivers over decadal scales; and (2) human-animal agency from climate drivers over centennial scales. We use an interdisciplinary mix of methods to first reconstruct historical human-animal-environment relationships and environmental histories by documenting current oral environmental histories (myths, legends, life stories) and environmental reconstruction from pollen records and other soil signatures. We use indigenous residents current environmental knowledge to uncover the recent changes (climatic, vegetation, etc.) in their environments and participant observations to uncover the complex socio-economic realities of their SESs. Our analysis draws strength from: (1) contrasting SESs across diverse geographic scales; and (2) accounting for heterogeneous perceptions of risk concerning the future viability of (reindeer) pastoralism in the European Research Area. We envision our project making a significant contribution to the design of ethical and sustainable transformations of SESs in Europe and beyond.
Planned Impact
The HUMANOR project is rooted in participatory action research taking place over many years in partnerships between scientists and stakeholders. Our innovative approach includes stakeholders in research aimed at more flexible and collaborative governance. As part of our transdisciplinary research strategy, stakeholder workshops plan the research under the RISES and NCoE TUNDRA projects are scheduled for winter 2015. Indigenous scholars and local non-academic practitioners from different age cohorts are developing this proposal together and will implement and disseminate the findings. Female early career and senior indigenous scientists take leading roles in collecting oral histories, participatory GIS, environmental history, and the co-production of knowledge essential to policy-relevant research. This training will be accomplished through hiring early career researchers across the network and training them in our four sites, including the University of Aberdeen. Public dissemination of research results as central components of their respective mandates. These include Science Centre & Exhibition at Arktikum in Rovaniemi, Ájtte Sámi Museum in Jokkmokk, and Shemenovsky Museum & Exhibition Centre in Salekhard.The cooperation is balanced with European, Russian and indigenous experts in social anthropology (ethnography, oral history) and human geography (PGIS). Complementary expertise encompasses environmental history (archaeology, palaeoecology) and political ecology.
Organisations
- University of Aberdeen (Lead Research Organisation)
- Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) (Collaboration)
- Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum (Collaboration)
- McGill University (Collaboration)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) (Collaboration)
- University of Lapland (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- Ájtte (Project Partner)
- Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Project Partner)
- Uppsala University (Project Partner)
- Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (Project Partner)
- Arctic Studies Centre (Project Partner)
Publications
Oehler A
(2020)
Beyond Wild and Tame: Soiot Encounters in a Sentient Landscape
Ouyang X
(2015)
Lipid biomarkers and pertinent indices from aquatic environment record paleoclimate and paleoenvironment changes
in Quaternary Science Reviews
Røed KH
(2020)
Temporal and structural genetic variation in reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) associated with the pastoral transition in Northwestern Siberia.
in Ecology and evolution
Trejo L
(2023)
Differentiating Knowledge of Agave Landraces, Uses, and Management in Nanacamilpa, Tlaxcala
in Journal of Ethnobiology
Description | • Development of a faecal biomarker database and associated model allowing to identify and distinguish past present species, especially herbivores in archaeological sites. • Identification of different activities (mainly reindeer herding-related activities)at two Siberian archaeological sites. • The use of the method to specify subsistence activities at a Swedish Sami archaological site • Successful use of a fast and non-intrusive novel technique (surface magnetic susceptibility) to identify past fire features on archaeological sites • The development of a pilot method to evaluate climate changes using soil proxy evidence. This involved disentangling climate- from anthropic-induced vegetation shifts on a Siberian archaeological site. This was based on paleoclimate and paleovegetation lipid biomarker proxies? |
Exploitation Route | • Faecal biomarker model: this database/model could be applied/extended to f different archaeological site world-wide to better understand site-related activities. • Siberian site: help scientist, local people (Nenets) and policy makers to have more clues about northern herder's lifestyle and adopt new strategies to preserve these ways of life for populations in danger. • Scandinavian site: the results help to substantiate indigenous land claims and proof of use by the Saami Cirgas Samyby • Magnetic susceptibility tool: encourage archaeologist/anthropologist to use non-intrusive methods to preserve archaeological site when necessary. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Communities and Social Services/Policy Creative Economy Education Environment |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/research/socialecological-transformations-508.php |
Description | As part of our work we have liased both with local indigenous communities in all three site areas, and have done reports in the local media both on television, local radio, and in print/internet media. The work we have done is quite technical, but the story about long term occupation having been visible in deep in the soil is an evocative message. We have had expressions of interest to produce policy briefs for the unesco world heritage site laponia - where the Swedish study was based - and also to do summaries in Russian for local schools in Iamal. Since the fieldwork the Swedish Saami Cirgas samby has had its claim for autonomy recognized by the Swedish state, and we expect our method to lend support to this claim. In Russia the Nenets community is struggling with a debate to limit and classify land use for Nenets herders, and we hope that our work will also aid in this debate. |
First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Communities and Social Services/Policy,Creative Economy,Education |
Impact Types | Societal Economic Policy & public services |
Title | HUMANOR Aberdeen Website |
Description | This is a public access website connected to our database of outputs and publications |
Type Of Material | Data handling & control |
Year Produced | 2016 |
Provided To Others? | Yes |
Impact | Notable public interest |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/archaeology/the-humanor-project-1172.php |
Description | CICADA research network |
Organisation | McGill University |
Country | Canada |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | The CICADA research network based in Montreal, Canada has put to the foreground the reserach on indigenous forms of tenure in the foreshore and intertidal areas. |
Collaborator Contribution | We have reported on our work on intertidal resource use in Scotland and Japan |
Impact | The main output is a colloborative book project |
Start Year | 2019 |
Description | HUMANOR Consortium Agreement |
Organisation | Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) |
Country | Norway |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Impact | Multidisciplinary |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | HUMANOR Consortium Agreement |
Organisation | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) |
Country | Norway |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Impact | Multidisciplinary |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | HUMANOR Consortium Agreement |
Organisation | Swedish Mountain and Sami Museum |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Impact | Multidisciplinary |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | HUMANOR Consortium Agreement |
Organisation | University of Lapland |
Country | Finland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Impact | Multidisciplinary |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | HUMANOR Consortium Agreement |
Organisation | Uppsala University |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Collaborator Contribution | Fieldwork, Research Design, Laboratory work, Publications |
Impact | Multidisciplinary |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Anderson, David G. - Purebred reindeer and the History of Russian and Soviet Reindeer Science |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards moved the research forward |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Anderson, Milek & Kamerling - Conclusion: Proposed fieldsites 2015, 2016 and Urgent Problems |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | "talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards." the research moved forward |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.niku.no/no/nordomrade/forskning_i_nord/humanor/Launch+workshop+i+Rovaniemi.9UFRzY3S.ips |
Description | Anderson, Milek Harrault - UK JPI HUMANOR GROUP - Final Project Meeting Rovaniemi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | The final project presentation in Rovaniemi sparked quesitons |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Anderson, Milek, Harrault - Geoarchaeological fieldwork at Yarte 6, Yamal Peninsula, 2015: Research design and results - HUMANOR Project Meeting November 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This was an annual network meeting of this network grant with community stakeholders present. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | David Anderson - Introduction to Ethnoarchaeological and Geoarchaeological modelling of Reindeer Landscapes |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | "talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards." Our research moved forward in leaps and bounds |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.niku.no/no/nordomrade/forskning_i_nord/humanor/Launch+workshop+i+Rovaniemi.9UFRzY3S.ips |
Description | ESRC & Climate Outreach Workshop- 8th March |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Roundtable on communication climate change. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://climateoutreach.org/ |
Description | ESRC/Climate Outreach workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The overall aim of the workshop was to share good practice in communication and public engagement, and to identify ways of overcoming key challenges that ESRC investments face. The workshop sought to identify what was working well, what was not working as well, how things could be done differently and what would be required to achieve this. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Ericsson Annjessica, Harrault L., Aronsson KÅ., Domene Lopez G.: blog interview on Humanor project, blog about conservation of herbivore old breed. Annjessica is a former academic. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Blog report from our visit to a group of farmers from northern Sweden to collect reference material for Humanor project. The blog, held by Annjessica Ericsson, a former academic, has the purpose to share knowledge and experience from several farmers who breed old breeds of goats, sheep, cattle etc. in order to save these breeds and related activities. Our work is a direct relation with their activites since we are looking for chemical evidences of these old breeds in archaeological sites. Outcomes could be a better understanding of people and policy makers on the interest to save these old activities, and hopefully leading policy makers to help these farmers. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://forsnashemman.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/lappgetterna-far-forskarbesok.html |
Description | Forbes, Anderson, Fedorova, Beach, Barlindhau, Aronsson, Marin - Social-Ecological Transformations: HUMan-ANimal Relations Under Climate Change in NORthern Eurasia (HUMANOR) 2015-2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards many requests for informaiton |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.jpi-climate.eu/news-events/news/10862402/Kick-off-meeting-of-the-JPI-Climate-1st-Joint-Ca... |
Description | Harrault L., Aronsson KÅ., Domene Lopez G.: Radio interview about Humanor project on P4 Norrbotten radio |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Interview by a local radio (P4 Norbotten) from northern sSweden about the goal of our Humanor project, outcomes about understanding archaeological sites and link our findings to help current Sami people/local reindeer herders. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=98&artikel=6484383 |
Description | Harrault L., Domene Lopez G., Aronsson KÅ., Milek K. and Anderson D. , Geoarchaeological tools to contextualise ancient pastoral sites in Suollagavalda, northern Sweden, 3rd Humanor project meeting, Aberdeen 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | 3rd Humanor project meeting, held in Aberdeen 2017. Summary and outcomes of the different team of JPI Climate/ESRC Humanor project. The main goal was to present our research and plan how to spread outcomes to the larger public who could be involved. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Harrault L., Domene Lopez G., Aronsson KÅ., Milek K. and Anderson D. , Methodological use of Magnetic Susceptibility to locate ancient reindeer herder hearths in Suollagavalda, northern Sweden: A geoarchaeological approach., Ethnoarchaeology of Fire Symposium 2017, Tenerife |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Workshop about Ethnoarchaeology of fire. Poster presentation of our studies in Siberia and Sweden to show our work and share knowledge with other experts. New collaborations started. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://cmallol.webs.ull.es/index.php?p=16&l=en |
Description | Harrault L., Milek K., Dawson L. and Anderson D. - Potential use of lipid biomarkers in the identification of reindeer herding sites - Humanor project meeting November 2015 - Arctic Center (Rovaniemi, Finland) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the first results from the 2015 summer fieldtrip in Siberia. This siberian site is thought to have been the place of past reindeer herding. I presented first interesting results from soil lipid analyses, looking for faecal biomarkers as evidence of the past presence of animals in this site. Non-chemist audience (anthropologists/archaeologists) have been showed that geochemical tools can really help to identify the presence of human/animals on archaeological sites, representing a huge potential for further studies. The expected goal is to increase collaborations within and outside the project team. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Harrault L., Milek K., Dawson L. and Anderson D. -Lipid biomarker potential for archaeology - ArcticDomus project meeting August 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation of the potential use of lipid biomarkers for archaeological and anthropological issues to a non-chemist audience. The goal was to convince them that geochemical tools that they are not aware of can help them in their studies. This might be a first step to future collaborations for new or past case studies. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.arcticdomus.org/about/circumpolar-ethnography/ |
Description | Harrault L., Milek K., Domene Lopez G., Dawson L. and Anderson D. , Understanding past activities of pastoral nomadic Nenets from Western Siberia using a geoarchaeological toolkit, Ethnoarchaeology of Fire Symposium 2017, Tenerife. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Workshop about Ethnoarchaeology of fire. Poster presentation of our studies in Siberia and Sweden to show our work and share knowledge with other experts. New collaborations started. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://cmallol.webs.ull.es/index.php?p=16&l=en |
Description | Harrault L., Ross J. and Dawson L. - Method developpment progress, 12/09/15 - James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Discussion with chemists involved in the project about last development of the analysis of lipid biomarkers that can be used to identify reindeer presence on archaeological sites. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Harrault L., Ross J. and Dawson L. - Method developpment progress, 19/05/15 - James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Discussion with chemists involved in the project about lipid biomarker analysis that could be used to identify reindeer presence on archaeological sites. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Harrault L., Ross J. and Dawson L. - Method developpment progress, 26/08/15 - James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen, UK |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Local |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | Discussion with chemists involved in the project about advances made on the analysis of lipid biomarkers that can be used to identify reindeer presence on archaeological sites. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Humanor project website description |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Summary of JPI climate and ESRC funded Humanor project on the web site of the Departement of Archeaology, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/geosciences/departments/archaeology/the-humanor-project-1172.php |
Description | Ilse Kamerling - Reindeer herding in central Siberia - comparing palynological signals, methods and results |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | alk sparked questions and discussion afterwards The research moved forward |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.niku.no/no/nordomrade/forskning_i_nord/humanor/Launch+workshop+i+Rovaniemi.9UFRzY3S.ips |
Description | Invited talk - Presentation to hosting lab and collaborators (Dr. Emilie Jardé and Dr. Laurent Jeanneau), Géosciences Rennes - Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Rennes- Early reindeer domestication on the Yamal peninsula: Geoarchaeology and Lipid biomarkers |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | This was an invited talk to present the work and analyses made for the ESRC funded JPI Climate Humanor project to Rennes potential collaborators and other experts. Outcome was to start new international collaboration with "Géosciences Rennes" lab for further projects involving ESRC, which is not well known in France. People were very interested and ask to start new collaboration for lipid biomarker analyses related to ESCR topics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Karen Milek - Using geoarchaeology to understand the structure and ecology of reindeer herding camp sites |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards The research went forward |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2015 |
URL | http://www.niku.no/no/nordomrade/forskning_i_nord/humanor/Launch+workshop+i+Rovaniemi.9UFRzY3S.ips |
Description | Milek K., Anderson D., Harrault L. and Kremkova J., Yarte VI, Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia, in its Landscape Context, 3rd Humanor project meeting, Aberdeen 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
Results and Impact | 3rd Humanor project meeting, held in Aberdeen 2017. Summary and outcomes of the different team of JPI Climate/ESRC Humanor project. The main goal was to present our research and plan how to spread outcomes to the larger public who could be involved. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Milek, Karen - Reindeer residues and herders' huts: ethno- and geoarchaeological discoveries on the trail of nomadic reindeer herders in Siberia - Northern Archaeology Research Seminar, 9 March 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | It is a 1-hour lecture, to be held on Wednesday March 9, 4-5 pm, as part of the University of Aberdeen's Northern Archaeology Research Seminar Series (open talk) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Milek, Karen; Kamerling, Ilse, Kuuppamma, Mari - Seminar Paper - Environmental markers of husbandry in the Sayan Mountains |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards . |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Project launch 21-22.01.2015 Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Participants in your research and patient groups |
Results and Impact | Project Launch Meeting The Arctic has undergone profound climatic variation in past centuries, when indigenous Saami, Nenets and Evenki shifted from hunters to herders. Some social-ecological systems (SESs) have proven resilient in space and time, yet most are considered at risk. An ancient N Eurasian livelihood, reindeer herding is a nexus for feedbacks between humans, animals and environment. Modern management benefits from comparative analyses of complex SESs experiencing multiple stresses. Even at low human population densities, large herds affect ecosystem structure & function. Projecting future transformations requires retrospective partitioning of: (1) socio-economic & political from climate drivers over decadal scales; and (2) human-animal agency from climate drivers over centennial scales. Robust analyses must (1) be made in contrasting SESs across diverse geographic scales and (2) account for heterogeneous perceptions of risk concerning the future viability of herding in the European Research Area. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | http://www.jpi-climate.eu/news-events/news/10857608/Project-launch-of-JPI-Climate-funded-HUMANOR |
Description | Social-Ecological Transformations: HUMan-ANimal Relations Under Climate Change in NORthern Eurasia (HUMANOR) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This website disseminates all of our news publications and events |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020 |
URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/socsci/research/socialecological-transformations-508.php |