Pastoralism in a mountainous coastal region in northern Norway
This case transcends national borders as Sapmi, the Sami nation, stretches across four countries, including the northern parts of Sweden and Norway. The Norwegian-Swedish border region share ecosystems and species, and Sami reindeer herders move their herds across the border. Climate change in the Arctic occurs at a faster rate than in any other region in the world and reindeer husbandry in sub-Arctic regions is highly affected. While the adaptive capacity of local farming and Sami reindeer herding communities and gender relations in these communities have been subject to some scholarly attention, only a few existing studies have examined the gendered dimensions of the adaptive capacity of pastoralists communities in the face of ongoing environmental and societal change.
