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Indigenous-led reindeer herding projects use co‑production and remote sensing to monitor Arctic pasture decline
Summary
Speakers at Science Day described projects that combine Indigenous observational knowledge and satellite data to track pasture degradation, call for binding agreements with Indigenous communities before projects start, and urge funding reforms to support transdisciplinary research.
Mary Blair, associate director of the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, described Indigenous‑led research that combines long‑term herders’ observations with satellite remote sensing to monitor pasture condition and inform reindeer herding resilience in the Arctic.
“Life on Earth is at a tipping point,” Blair told the Science Day audience, citing the rapid climate impacts that threaten mobile pastoralist livelihoods and northern ecosystems. She said project partners include the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry…
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