| Managing the herds: co-management
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| Porcupine Caribou Management Board |
| Formed by an Agreement signed in 1985 by the Canadian Government, Native organizations, and the Yukon and Northwest Territories governments. The mandate of the Board is to cooperatively manage the Porcupine Caribou Herd and its habitat in Canada. |
| Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board |
| A group of hunters, biologists and wildlife managers working together to conserve Canada's vast Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds for the welfare of traditional caribou-using communities and others. |
| Fortymile Caribou Harvest Plan Endorsed |
| A news item from 2000 on harvesting of Fortymile herd caribou. |
| Fortymile Caribou Herd Management |
| The idea behind the project is to recover the Fortymile Caribou Herd originated in the Yukon, which was once a major part of the herd's range. |
| Bathurst Caribou Herd Management |
| The primary aim of management is to maintain a herd size between 300,000 and 600,000 caribou capable of supporting a minimum annual harvest of 16,000 animals. |
| Beverly-Qamanirjuaq Herd Management |
| The Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou herds are jointly managed under the advisement of the Beverly-Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board. |
| West Kitikmeot/Slave Study Society - NWT, Canada |
| WKSS is a partnership of aboriginal and environmental groups, government and industry who joined to make sure the effects of development on the environment, wildlife and people of the WKSS area are minimal and to insure maximum benefits for locals. |
| Series of abstracts dealing with management of reindeer/caribou from the conferences of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
| Abstracts and some full texts of articles related to caribou/reindeer from conferences on common property. |
| Mountain Caribou Strategy, Cariboo Region, British Columbia |
| The Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan requires the development of Eastern and Itcha-Ilgachuz (Western) caribou strategies. The goal is development of a research and inventory program that will lead to the development of an integrated management approach. |
| Subsistence Hunting in a Global Economy: Contributions of Northern Wildlife Co-Management to Community Economic Development |
| This and other articles on the topic of Natural Resource Management can be found on the index page of the Arctic Circle: http://arcticcircle.uconn.edu/NatResources/ |
| Reindeer Herders' Association within Kawerak, Inc. - Bering Strait Region, Alaska |
| The Reindeer Herders' Association (RHA) provides assistance in the development of a viable reindeer industry, to enhance the economic base for rural Alaska and to improve the management of the herds. |
| The Art of Caribou Management |
| The study has compared effectiveness of two management regimes in Alaska (Western Arctic herd) and Canada ( Beverly and Qamanirjuaq herds). |
| Vuntut Gwitchin Porcupine Caribou Protection: Looking After What's Important |
| Vuntut Gwitchin have taken on the United States government successfully to protect the traditional calving grounds of the Porcupine Caribou. |
| Old Crow: Land of the Vuntut Gwitch'in |
| The Vuntut Gwitch'in have depended on Porcupine Caribou Herd for many generations. The caribou are their main source of food and this food helps to survive the harsh climate of the north. |
| Review of co-management Systems Project |
| Canada and the US are jointly leading a review of co-management systems to analyse the strengths and weaknesses of these mechanisms for involving indigenous peoples in Arctic resource management. |
| NSF Sustaining Native Communities Project |
| The goals of this project are to improve the ability of communities and scientists to discuss: (1) how community life may change in the future and, (2) how communities may be able to shape changes to reflect community values. |
| Sustaining native communities |
| A transciption of a radio report on NSF Sustainability project. |
| What is good for the reindeer, is good for the Sami |
| An overview of the project on co-management on the Kola Peninsula. The project will enable the Sami reindeer herders to contribute their traditional knowledge of their land to help the Russian government manage resources and development in the region. |
| Reproduction and productivity of semidomesticated reindeer in northern Finland |
| The increase in the Finnish semidomesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) stock and the high level of meat production during the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s were mainly due to reindeer-management practices. |
| Land right conflicts threaten traditional Sami culture in Sweden |
| Several Sámi communities have been sued by private land owners, who refuse access to reindeer on their forested land. A report on conflict in which Sámi could lose their grazing rights. |
| Reindeer Herding and Forestry in Northern Sweden |
| A case study about conditions, problems and possible solutions regarding the relationship between forestry and reindeer herding. |
| The Sámi's Fight for Land Right - Adopt a Reindeer |
| Help Sami fight for their land rights to continue reindeer herding. |
| Reindeer Herders' Association, Kawerak, Inc. |
| Office of Reindeer Herders' Association of a larger organization, Kawerak, Inc. serving villages of the Bering Strait and the Seward Peninsula. |
| Culture of utilization of natural resources by indigenous peoples of Russia |
| This chapter from "Atlas of environment and population health in Russia" in Russian gives a good detailed overview of the present state of indigenous peoples of Russia. Reindeer herding and hunting feature prominently among the main economic activities. |
| Gwich'in complete caribou migration |
| According to Gwich'in mythology, every caribou has a bit of the human heart, and every human has a bit of caribou heart. For thousands of years, the Gwich'in people have relied upon the Porcupine River Caribou herd to meet their subsistence needs. |
| Old Crow - Yukon: Home of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation: Caribou Coordination |
| The land of the Vuntut Gwitchin is the land of the Porcupine Caribou Herd. Each spring and autumn the caribou pass through the lands of the Vuntut Gwitchin. |
| Survival tactic: Can the hunters save the caribou? |
| In a few weeks, the hunt will begin. As many as 75 members of the Vuntut Gwich'in First Nation will set out from Old Crow, their village more than 100 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, to a very special spot. |
| Old Crow - Caribou |
| Read about the importance of Caribou for Vuntut Gwitch'in people who live in Old Crow. Find photo galleries at the bottom. |
| Vuntut Gwitchin Porcupine Caribou Protection: Looking After What's Important |
| The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation has about 400 members, most of whom live in Old Crow, a community located north of the Arctic Circle in the Yukon Territory of Canada. The Vuntut Gwitchin depend heavily on the Porcupine Caribou. |
| Hunting for Their Future - Alaska's Gwich'in |
| For the Gwich'in, the caribou's arrival is a major event that sends hunters scurrying into the hills. Many in this tribe of about 5,000 members still depend on stores of caribou meat for full stomachs. |
| Gwich'in people and caribou - Radio Expedition from National Geographic |
| "What would your life be like without water?" Absurd question? To the Gwich'in people of Alaska and Canada it's just as impossible to imagine life without caribou. |
| Photo Essay about Nenets in Russia |
| A wonderful collection of photos with short comments by a Nenets on their way of life and relationship with reindeer. |
| The Saami Hunting Society in Transition: Approaches, Concepts and Context |
| Read about the transition of Sami society from that focused on hunting to reindeer herding oriented culture. |
| Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan |
| These reports on land use in British Columbia deal in part with caribou and their ranges. |
| The Challenges of Modernity for Reindeer Management |
| This research project addresses fundamental questions regarding the future sustainable utilization of reindeer in the subarctic/subalpine and boreal regions of Europe. |
| Nunavut Wildlife Management Board |
| The NWMB is the main instrument of wildlife management in the Nunavut Settlement Area (NSA), a district that covers almost all of the vast new territory of Nunavut in the Canadian Arctic. |
| Arctic Refuge Coastal Plain Terrestrial Wildlife Research Summaries Report |
| The report, available for downloading, is a USGS summary that addresses major resources of the Arctic National Wildlife Coastal Plain, including the Porcupine herd and Central Arctic herds, and potential impacts of oil development. |
| Russian Sami Co-Management Project |
| The Russian Sami Co-management Project was initiated by the Arctic Institute of North America, the Russian Kola Sami Association and the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences, in 1995. |
| Wildlife Utilization and Management, and the Role of Traditional Indigenous Knowledge |
| This project focuses on wildlife utilization and management and the role of traditional indigenous knowledge in circumpolar arctic countries, and other areas of the world. |
| Fortymile Caribou Herd Management Plan |
| A management plan resulting from 3-year research on the Fortymile herd |
| Western Arctic Caribou Herd Cooperative Management Plan |
| The new plan is being written cooperatively under auspices of the Western Arctic Caribou Herd Working Group. |
| Sahtu Renewable Resources Board Publications |
| News from this management organization on caribou research. |
| Protecting Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou and Caribou Range Part 2 |
| This CD-ROM is Part 2 of a series of reference materials about Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou, caribou range, and land use activities that is being published by the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB). |
| Protecting Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou and Caribou Range Part 1 |
| This section of the CD contains the report that was published as Part 1 of this series of reference materials about Beverly and Qamanirjuaq caribou. |
| Northern Caribou Strategy |
| Prepared within the framework of Cariboo-Chilcotin Land Use Plan. |
