Global area conservation ideals versus the local realities of Reindeer Herding in Northernmost Finland

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-130

  Heikkinen, Hannu Ilmari ^a   Sarkki, Simo ^a   Jokinen, Mikko ^b   Fornander, David Eric ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation classifications; Finland; globalisation; International Union of the Conversation of Nature and Natural Resources; IUCN; nature conservation; political ecology; Reindeer Herding; traditional livelihoods

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960292899     PISSN: 17533627     EISSN: 17533635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBG.2010.030665     Document Type: Article

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