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Siberian Survival

The Nenets and Their Story

By: Andrei V. Golovnev,Gail Osherenko

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Siberian Survival

The Nenets and Their Story

By: Andrei V. Golovnev,Gail Osherenko

The Yamal Peninsula in northwestern Siberia is one of the few remaining places on earth where a nomadic people retain a traditional culture. Here in the tundra, the Nenets—one of the few indigenous minorities of the Russian North—follow a lifestyle shaped by the seasonal migrations of the reindeer they herd. For decades under Soviet rule, they weathered harsh policies designed to subjugate them. How the Nenets successfully resisted indoctrination from a powerful totalitarian state and how today they face new challenges to the survival of their culture—these are the subjects of this compelling and lavishly illustrated book.The authors—one the head of a team of Russian ethnographers who have spent many seasons on the peninsula, the other an American attorney specializing in issues affecting the Arctic—introduce the rich culture of the Nenets. They recount how Soviet authorities attempted to restructure the native economy, by organizing herders into collectives and redistributing reindeer and pasture lands, as well as to eradicate the native belief system, by killing shamans and destroying sacred sites. Over the past century, the Nenets have also witnessed the piecemeal destruction of their fragile environment and the forced settlement of part of their population. To understand how this society has survived against all odds, the authors consider the unique strengths of the culture and the characteristics of the outside forces confronting it.Today, the Yamal is known for a new reason: it is the site of one of the world's largest natural gas deposits. The authors discuss the dangers Russian and Western developers present to the Nenets people and recommend policies for land use which will help to preserve this remarkable culture.For information on the documentaries about life—both human and animal—above the Arctic Circle that Andrei V. Golovnev and Gail Osherenko have made, visit www.filmsfromthenorth.com.

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Cornell University Press

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1501727222

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The Age of the Arctic

Hot Conflicts and Cold Realities

By: Gail Osherenko,Oran R. Young

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Hot Conflicts and Cold Realities

By: Gail Osherenko,Oran R. Young

This book will be essential reading for all interested in this important region of the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521619718

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9780521619714

Arctic Sustainability Research

Past, Present and Future

By: Andrey N. Petrov,Shauna BurnSilver,F. Stuart Chapin III,Gail Fondahl,Jessica K. Graybill,Kathrin Keil,Annika E. Nilsson,Rudolf Riedlsperger,Peter Schweitzer

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Arctic Sustainability Research

Past, Present and Future

By: Andrey N. Petrov,Shauna BurnSilver,F. Stuart Chapin III,Gail Fondahl,Jessica K. Graybill,Kathrin Keil,Annika E. Nilsson,Rudolf Riedlsperger,Peter Schweitzer

The Arctic is one of the world’s regions most affected by cultural, socio-economic, environmental, and climatic changes. Over the last two decades, scholars, policymakers, extractive industries, governments, intergovernmental forums, and non-governmental organizations have turned their attention to the Arctic, its peoples, resources, and to the challenges and benefits of impending transformations. Arctic sustainability is an issue of increasing concern as well as the resilience and adaptation of Arctic societies to changing conditions. This book offers key insights into the history, current state of knowledge and the future of sustainability, and sustainable development research in the Arctic. Written by an international, interdisciplinary team of experts, it presents a comprehensive progress report on Arctic sustainability research. It identifies key knowledge gaps and provides salient recommendations for prioritizing research in the next decade. Arctic Sustainability Research will appeal to researchers, academics, and policymakers interested in sustainability science and the practices of sustainable development, as well as those working in polar studies, climate change, political geography, and the history of science.

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Routledge

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1351614622

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Siberian Survival

The Nenets and Their Story

By: Andrei V. Golovnev,Gail Osherenko

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The Nenets and Their Story

By: Andrei V. Golovnev,Gail Osherenko

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Cornell University Press

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The Age of the Arctic

Hot Conflicts and Cold Realities

By: Gail Osherenko,Oran R. Young

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Hot Conflicts and Cold Realities

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Sharing Power with Native Users

Co-management Regimes for Native Wildlife

By: Gail Osherenko,Canadian Arctic Resources Committee

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Co-management Regimes for Native Wildlife

By: Gail Osherenko,Canadian Arctic Resources Committee

Examines three existing co-management regimes: the Beverly and Kaminuriak Barren Ground Caribou Management Agreement in the central Canadian arctic, the northern Quebec Beluga Management Plan, and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Goose Management Plan in Alaska.

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