Declaration of coexistence between reindeer nomads and the oil and gas industry in the Russian North

6.2.2009 9:45
Representatives of research, reindeer herding, local authorities and industry contributed to a ’declaration of coexistence’ between reindeer nomads and the oil and gas industry in the Russian North.

The declaration is among the results of a four year research project ENSINOR at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, with Nenets reindeer herders and ’their’ industry on both sides of the Ural mountains. An international workshop in December 2007 had brought together the above mentioned stakeholder groups, which contributed to the declaration.

The declaration is available in English and Russian .

This declaration is one of several products of the research project ENSINOR (Environmental and Social Impacts of Industrialization in Northern Russia), which lasted 48 months and ran from January 2004 through December 2007. The overall aim of ENSINOR was the co-production of knowledge that stems from different traditions among both scientists and reindeer herders and their respective ways of knowing about contemporary social-ecological systems.