The conference will start with lunch on Monday, January 26th, and will end after lunch on Thursday, January 29th. The conference dinner will take place at Wednesday evening.
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Programme (updated 15 January)
There might be some minor changes in the programme before the conference.
Monday 26 January
Arrival
10.00-12.00 Registration and mounting of posters
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-13.30 Conference Opening
Session I – Climate change consequences for reindeer husbandry
Moderator: B Åhman
13.30-14.15 Key note: Bruce Forbes, Contrasting reindeer management regimes in Fennoscandia and Nenets regions of Russia: Implications for adaptation to climate and land use change
short break
14.20-14.40 Henrik Lundqvist, Large-scale productivity determinants of reindeer husbandry in Sweden
14.40-15.00 Anna Jonsson Cabrajic, Predicting growth of mat-forming lichens in Northern Scandinavia using models as potential tools for management of lichen-rich habitats
15.00-15.30 Coffee
15.30-15.50 Henrik Lundqvist, Preconditions for the reindeer husbandry in a progressing climate change
15.50-16.10 Bernt Holst, The reindeer industry at the climate turning point?
16.10-16.30 Terhi Vuojala-Magga, Resonance strategies of Sámi reindeer herding during climatically exceptional years in 1960-2007
16.45-18.45 Workshop *: Climate change consequences and adaptations
Moderator: J Moen
19.00 Dinner
Tuesday 27 January
Session IIa – Infrastructural disturbances and habitat loss
Moderator: P Soppela
08.30-09.15 Key note: Ingunn Ims Vistnes, Reindeer husbandry adaptation strategies for loss of grazing land and climate change
short break
09.20-09.40 Sonja Kivinen, Effects of forestry on the winter grazing resources of reindeer in Sweden
09.40-10.00 Patrik Lantto, Reindeer husbandry, hydroelectric power development and reindeer husbandry research – a history
10.00-10.20 Sindre Eftestøl, Do windmill parks affect the range use of free ranging semi-domestic reindeer?
10.20-10.50 Coffee
10.50-11.10 Jonathan E. Colman, The effect of large (300 and 420 kV) power lines on free-ranging, migratory and herded reindeer
11.10-11.30 Timo Kumpula, Ecological implications of petroleum industry to Nenets reindeer herding in Yamal Peninsula, Arctic Russia
11.30-11.50 Ivar Lie, Cabin building in reindeer herding areas – municipal planning processes and the participation of reindeer interests
11.50 12.15 Poster speed talks Session I-III, poster nr 1-8
Moderator: A Olofsson
12.15-13.15 Lunch
Session III – Depredation consequences for reindeer industry
Moderator: R Haugerud
13.15-14.00 Key note: Öje Danell, Wild predators but tame prey – consequences of large predators on reindeer industry
short break
14.05-14.25 Henrik Andrén, Compensation for predator killed reindeer and lynx survey
14.25-14.45 John Odden, Kill rates of Eurasian lynx on semi-domestic reindeer in Norway and Sweden
14.45-15.05 Jens Persson, Lynx – wolverine interaction and predation on reindeer
15.05-16.00 Coffee and poster viewing
16.00-16.20 Harri Norberg, The impact of large carnivores on the mortality of reindeer in Kuusamo area
16.20-16.40 Öje Danell, Economic consequences of the large predators for the reindeer industry in Sweden
16.40-17.00 Svein Morten Eilertsen, Evaluation of preventive efforts against loss of reindeer to predators in Norway
17.10-19.00 Workshop*: Preventive measures against depredation
Moderator: S M Eilertsen
19.00 Dinner
Wednesday 28 January
Session IIb – Infrastructural disturbances and habitat loss
Moderator: M Nieminen
08.30-08.50 Jouko Kumpula, Different land use pressures and the present state of reindeer winter ranges in northernmost Finland
08.50-09.10 Anna Skarin, Use of reindeer habitat selection models in environmental assessment
09.10-09.40 Poster speed talks Session IV-V, poster no 9-19
Moderator: H Lundqvist
09-40-10.45 Coffee and poster viewing
Session IVa – General
Moderator: H Norberg
10.45-11.05 Gregory Finstad, Nutritional mapping of grazing areas using nutrient and fiber profiles of reindeer forage plants of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska
11.05-11.25 Birgitta Åhman, Female body mass variation as indicator of nutritional status in the reindeer herd
short break
11.30-11.50 Anna Olofsson, Slaughter records as indicator of changes in reindeer herd condition
11.50-12.10 Eva Wiklund, Seasonal variation in meat quality attributes from Alaska reindeer and New Zealand red deer
12.10-13.10 Lunch
Session V – Reindeer industry, conflicts and development of society
Moderator: J Colman
13.10-13.55 Key note 1: Steinar Bryn, Dialog as a tool in conflict resolution
short break
14.00-14.45 Key note 2: Johnny-Leo Jernsletten, Inside or outside? An academic reflection of the position of reindeer husbandry in the majority society
14.45-15.15 Coffee
15.15-15.35 Ari Laakso, The symbolic capital of reindeer husbandry: The importance of a large herd
15.35-15.55 Frode Gundersen, The dispute about the legistlation concerning reindeer hearding in Norway and Sweden
short break
16.00-16.30 Øyvind Ravna, Use of land consolidation in Sami reindeer husbandry areas
16.30-16.50 Arvid Holte, National parks and reindeer management in Norway
16.50-17.10 Åsa Nordin, From conflict to co-management – The small-game-hunting in the region of Ammarnäs
18.30 Conference dinner
Thursday 29 January
Session IVb – General
Moderator: E Wiklund
09.00-09.20 Mauri Nieminen, Reindeer husbandry problems in inner Mongolia, China
09.20-09.40 Gro Bjørnstad, Genetic profile of domestic reindeer of Northern Fennoscandia through a century
09.40-10.00 Carlos Goncalo das Neves, Cervid herpesvirus 2 causes respiratory and fetal infections in semi-domesticated reindeer
10.00-10.30 Coffee
10.30-10.50 Natasa Djakovic, Females’ spatial organisation during rut
10.50-11.10 Berit Inga, Is traditional ecological knowledge important to the reindeer herding industry?
11.10-11.30 Closing the conference
11.30-12.30 Lunch
12.30-14.30 Post conference workshop*: Telemetry, GPS and GIS
Moderators: A Skarin & H Lundqvist
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* Oral presentations of general interest related to the workshops will be included in the session programmes in order to be open for all participants. If needed the workshops on Monday and Tuesday might be extended to the evenings. The number of participants in workshops may be restricted. If you want to participate in any of the workshops, please send a mail to the organizers (info_NOR2009@arbetsplats.slu.se).
