Otto Habeck – CHARTER

Award for CHARTER supported publication and new paper published

Jan 14, 2025adminProject News, Published articlesBruce Forbes, Joachim Otto Habeck, Lake Inari, Mariana Verdonen, Otto Habeck, Philip Burgess, Sirpa Rasmus, Sirpa Rasmus, Timo Kumpula

Every year, the Editors of Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research select an article from the previous year’s issue for the Editors’ Choice Award. The award recognizes an influential paper demonstrating research excellence contributing substantially to our understanding of physical and environmental science in cold environments. We are thrilled to post that the academic article “Socioecological dynamics of diverse global permafrost-agroecosystems

Last CHARTER Workshop, a New Herding Game!

Sep 6, 2024adminBiodiversity, Climate change, Project NewsBruce Forbes, Jussi Eronen, Knowledge, Landpaths, LUKE, Otto Habeck, Poro- ja kalapäivät, Sirpa Rasmus, Tim Horstkotte, Traditional knowledge

(by Sirpa Rasmus & Tim Horstkotte) In connection to the “Reindeer and fish research days” in Ylläs, northern Finland, organized by Natural Resources Institute, CHARTER organized one of its last participatory workshops. After several ones had been held in three countries, Finland, Norway and Sweden, a joint event was planned to bring together herders and researchers to bring together the

Workshop in South Sámi Reindeer Herding Area, Norway

Aug 30, 2023adminClimate change, Project NewsHans Tømmervik, Jarle W Bjerke, Lichen, Otto Habeck, Reindeer, Reindeer herding, Wild reindeer

In mid-August, 2023, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and University of Hamburg (UHH), together with the County Governor of Trøndelag and Innlandet, arranged a workshop in the South Saami Reindeer area Plassjesne in Rossen tjïelte (Røros). This workshop was part of a series of workshops and outreach initiatives in the CHARTER project. This region of reindeer herding is

New CHARTER publication: Reindeer herding statistics in Russia. Magical Numbers?

Apr 19, 2022adminPublished articlesKirill Istomin, Otto Habeck, Pastoralism, Reindeer, Roza Laptander, Russia, Soviet Union

A new CHARTER publication has landed! Titled “Reindeer herding statistics in Russia: issues of reliability, interpretation, and political effect, the paper is authored by Kirill V. Istomin , Roza I. Laptander and Joachim Otto Habeck. The paper is published in the journal Pastoralism: Research, Policy and Practice. From the abstact: Official reindeer herding statistics are an invaluable source of data

Springing into CHARTER fieldwork & new publication

Apr 5, 2022adminProject NewsFieldwork, Hans Tømmervik, Leena Leppänen, Otto Habeck, Rain on Snow, Sirpa Rasmus, Timo Kumpula

Longer daylight hours and milder temperatures means optimal snow covered fieldwork time. A number of CHARTER project reseachers are undertaking fieldwork periods this week. Temperatures are mild at this time of year in northern Scandinavia, currently in the -8 to +2 degrees range during the day and -15 to -8 overnight. The melting and refreezing of the snow surface makes