EXPERIENCE IN SOLVING CONFLICT SITUATIONS BETWEEN REINDEER HUSBANDRY AND WIND ENERGY IN THE ARCTIC AND ADAPTATION TO GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF NORWAY)

DOI 10.32651/222-82

Issue № 2, 2022, article № 14, pages 82-87

Section: Foreign news

Language: Russian

Original language title: ОПЫТ РЕШЕНИЯ КОНФЛИКТНЫХ СИТУАЦИЙ МЕЖДУ ОЛЕНЕВОДСТВОМ И ВЕТРОЭНЕРГЕТИКОЙ В АРКТИКЕ И АДАПТАЦИЯ К ГЛОБАЛЬНЫМ КЛИМАТИЧЕСКИМ ИЗМЕНЕНИЯМ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ НОРВЕГИИ)

Keywords: ARCTIC, NORWAY, REINDEER HERDING, AGRICULTURAL SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, RESILIENCE, WIND ENERGY, MIXED ECONOMY, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

Abstract: Arctic agricultural socio-ecological systems, among which reindeer herding occupies vast territories, are of great interest in terms of both the use of low-carbon energy sources and the impact on the global climate change process. In this regard, the experience of other Arctic countries is very important for Russia, which has already embarked on the path of local construction of resilient Arctic agricultural socio-ecological systems based on the development of alternative renewable energy sources. The article presents a case study that indicates the importance of Arctic reindeer herding in adapting to global climate change. At the same time, an important problem for the development of the reindeer herding is the solution of emerging conflicts between wind energy and building resilient reindeer herding socio-ecological systems. Of particular concern to reindeer herders is the installation of windmills on reindeer pastures in the tundra ecosystems, which interfere with reindeer herding. Among the possible ways to resolve conflicts is the development of a mixed economy based on a combination of traditional reindeer herding with nature conservation activities and tourism, including ethnographic and cultural tourism. It is concluded that the conservation of tundra ecosystems and traditional reindeer pastures play a significant role in the process of carbon sequestration and, accordingly, in adaptation to global climate change.

Authors: Vlasova Tatiana Kuzminichna, Volkov Sergei Gennadevich