• Community-Based Management: Under What Conditions Do Sámi Pastoralists Manage Pastures Sustainably? 

      Hausner, Vera Helene; Fauchald, Per; Jernsletten, Johnny-Leo L. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Abstract Community-based management (CBM) has been implemented in socio-ecological systems (SES) worldwide. CBM has also been the prevailing policy in Sa´mi pastoral SES in Norway, but the outcomes tend to vary extensively among resource groups (‘‘siidas’’). We asked why do some siidas self-organize to manage common pool resources sustainably and others do not? To answer this question we used a ...
    • The ghost of development past : the impact of economic security policies on Saami pastoral ecosystems 

      Hausner, Vera Helene; Fauchald, Per; Tveraa, Torkild; Pedersen, Elisabeth; Jernsletten, Johnny-Leo L.; Ulvevadet, Birgitte; Ims, Rolf Anker; Yoccoz, Nigel; Bråthen, Kari Anne (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      To ensure economic viability over time, any efforts to meet the Millennium Development Goals need to reconcile conservation with development interventions. Particularly, in marginal and risk prone areas erosion of resilience could make production systems more susceptible to environmental risks that compromise the economic security. By longitudinal analyses of long-term data records we investigated the ...