APECS Nordic Resources

Here are some examples of relevant external resources collected by the APECS Nordic Project team available through other organizations and projects and describing initiatives beyond the scope of this report. These include sources of best practices, projects, legislation and education with links to access further information. Some are based in or relevant for multiple Nordic countries, while others involve a collaboration that may be applicable Nordic wide. 

International

• ILO Convention 169 (http://www.ilo.org/indigenous/Conventions/no169/lang--en/index.htm) - ratified in the Nordic region so far only by Norway and Denmark
• The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous peoples: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/documents/DRIPS_en.pdf - signed by all Nordic countries. Russia has not signed
• UN Convention on Biological Diversity Article 8 (j) [see also The Árbediehtu Project] and 10 (c).
  • Akwé: Kon Guidelines – “voluntary guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessment regarding developments proposed to take place on, or which are likely to impact on, sacred sites and on lands and waters traditionally occupied or used by indigenous and local communities” (https://www.cbd.int/traditional/guidelines.shtml)
  • The Tkarihwaie:ri code of Ethical Conduct : https://www.cbd.int/traditional/code.shtml
• UNESCO's Convention on the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=17716&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
• UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=31038&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
• Arctic Council: Ottawa Traditional Knowledge Principles: Traditional Knowledge. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/58b6de9e414fb54d6c50134e/t/5dd4097576d4226b2a894337/1574177142813/Ottawa_TK_Principles.pdf.

Organisations, Research Institutions / Centres etc.:

• Arctic Council - http://www.arctic-council.org/
• The Sami Parliament – Established in Finland (http://www.samediggi.fi/), Norway (http://www.sametinget.no/), and Sweden (http://www.sametinget.se/). :
• Sami Council - http://www.saamicouncil.net/?deptid=1116
• International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry - http://reindeerherding.org/about-us/
• Association of World Reindeer Herders - https://reindeerherding.org/world-reindeer-herders
• Center for Sami Studies, UiT The Arctic University of Norway : http://www.sami.uit.no/sdg/senteret/indexen.html
• International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs – An international non-profit organization representing indigenous peoples around the world, including information on Arctic peoples - http://www.iwgia.org/regions/arctic
• Sami University College - http://samas.no/en
• Saemien Sijte – sørsamisk museum og kultursenter - http://saemiensijte.no/
• Árran Lule Sámi Center - http://www.arran.no/
• Sami museum network RiddoDuottarMuseat : http://rdm.no/english/about_rdm/

Relevant publications:

• Community Based Monitoring Handbook – Lessons from the Arctic (CAFF)(http://www.caff.is/monitoring-series/9-community-based-monitoring-handbook-lessons-from-the-arctic-and-beyond
• Declarations of the World Reindeer Herders Congresses https://reindeerherding.org/declarations
• Publications Archive of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry http://library.arcticportal.org/view/divisions/icr.html

Relevant projects:

• INTERACT (https://eu-interact.org)
• The Northern Forum – Bear and Natives in the North Project (https://www.northernforum.org/en/projects)
• The Arctic Governance Project http://arcticgovernance.custompublish.com/home.132703.en.html
• Ealat project: https://reindeerherding.org/projects/ealat-information
• The Árbediehtu Project (2009): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333132884_Working_with_Traditional_Knowledge_Communities_Institutions_Information_Systems_Law_and_Ethics_Writings_from_the_Arbediehtu_Pilot_Project_on_Documentation_and_Protection_of_Sami_Traditional_Knowledge
• CAVIAR Project (Community Adaptation and Vulnerability in the Arctic Regions): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-90-481-9174-1
• Focalpoint North http://site.uit.no/focalpoint/
• Fávllis Network (Norway) http://site.uit.no/favllis/
• Finmark landscape http://site.uit.no/tundra/associated-projects/finnmark-landscape/
• Hunters in transition http://site.uit.no/hunter/
• Indigenous People and Multicultural Societies http://site.uit.no/montana/
• Indigenous Religion(s). Local Grounds, Global Networks - https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=383890

Other interesting websites

• KIVU Nature TK Resources – a website with links to Best Practices, Traditional Knowledge Centres, Traditional Knowledge Newsletters, Traditional Knowledge Websites, and Traditional Knowledge Literature (http://www.kivu.com/world-council-guidelines/)

National Resources:
Norway

• The Sami Act: https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/the-sami-act-/id449701/
• Nature Diversity Act (2009): https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/nature-diversity-act/id570549/
• SoriaMoria Declaration : https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/the-soria-moria-declaration-on-internati/id438515/
• High North Strategy (2006): https://www.regjeringen.no/globalassets/upload/ud/vedlegg/strategien.pdf
• "New building blocks in the North" (2009): https://www.regjeringen.no/en/dokumenter/north_blocks/id548803/

Finland

• The Sámi in Legislation - the constitution in Finland : http://www.samediggi.fi/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=87&Itemid=106

Greenland

• Greenland Parliament https://ina.gl/om-inatsisartut/hvad-er-inatsisartut/
• The Inuit Circumpolar Council – Based in Greenland and representing Inuit Alaska, Canada, and Chukotka, Russia. (http://www.inuit.org/)

Final Project report

The final project report can be downloaded here. 

Articles:

Bull, J. and S. Juutilainen. 2014. APECS Nordic Workshop: connecting early career researchers and community-driven research in the north. The Polar Journal, Vol. 4, Nr. 2, pp. 426 – 427.

Lukes, L. Fleming-Sharp, L, and G. Fugmann. Researchers Offer Strategies to Build Community-Driven Research in Nordic. 2014. Volume 95, Issue 27. 8 July 2014. Page 248. EoS. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2014EO270006/epdf.

Posters:

Fleming-Sharp, L., Fugmann, G., Kruse, F., Zaika, Y. and the APECS Nordic Project Team. 2014. APECS Nordic: Bridging Early Career Researchers and Indigenous Peoples in Nordic Countries: Building Nordic Networks”. Poster Presentation at Arctic Frontiers 2014, January 2014.

Fleming-Sharp, L., G. Fugmann, Zaika, Y., and the APECS Norden Project Team. 2014.“Bridging Early Career Researchers and Indigenous Peoples in Nordic Countries”. Poster Presentation. ICASS VIII, University of British Columbia, Canada, May 2014.

Juutilainen, S. Bull, J., Sjoberg, Y., Zaika, Y., Fleming-Sharp, L. and G. Fugmann. 2015. Association of Polar and Early Career Scientists (APECS) Nordic Research Project. 2015. “Bridging Early Career Researchers and Indigenous Peoples in Nordic Countries”. Poster Presentation. ASSW 2015 / ISAR-4 / ICARP III, Toyama, Japan, April 2015.