Walruses and the Walrus Hunt in West and Northwest Greenland: An Interview Survey About the Catch and the Climate - Couverture rigide

Born, Erik W.; Heilmann, Anna; Holm, Lene Kielsen; Laidre, Kristin L.; Iversen, Maria

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 8763545489 ISBN 13 : 9788763545488

Editeur : Museum Tusculanum Press, 2017

Synopsis

This volume presents the results of an interview survey among Greenland subsistence hunters on walruses and the catch of walruses in West and Northwest Greenland. In these areas, the catch of walruses is still an important part of the traditional subsistence hunting culture. The Greenland walrus hunting grounds have experienced marked environmental changes due to climate change and quotas were introduced for the catch across all of Greenland in 2006. Thus, we wanted to explore how these changes had affected the local communities by interviewing seventy-six experienced walrus hunters living in twenty-two settlements and towns along the ca. 1,700 km coast from Maniitsoq in the south to Siorapaluk in the north. The interviews resulted in a wealth of detailed information about how climate changes and introduction of quotas have affected the walruses and the walrus hunting practice. The main text summarises the broad findings while more details are provided in the individual hunter statements in four appendices.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Erik W. Born is a consultant at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources, Nuuk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Museum Tusculanum Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 8763545489
• ISBN 13: 9788763545488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 255
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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