Institute for Humanities Research and Indigenous Studies of the North, Yakutsk
Northern Europe
The European North stretches from northern Scandinavia through northern Finland and the Barents Sea region to the Yamal Peninsula in northern Russia. It is the homeland of the Saami, Komi and Nenets peoples.
photo: J. Wilbur
Related Dossiers
Impact of climate change on Saami reindeer herding
The impacts of climate change have serious implications for reindeer herding, as the icing of the snowpack can impede access to lichen and moss forage.
Contact
Kulturstiftung Sibirien gGmbH
Geschäftsführer:
Dr. Erich Kasten
Uferweg 4
D-16798 Fürstenberg/Havel
Tel +49(0)33093-60671
Partners
Kamchatka Branch of the Pacific Institute of Geography (KF TIG FEB RAS), Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski
Alfred-Wegener-Institute and Helmholtz Climate Initiative “Regional Climate Change and its Effects on People" (REKLIM)”, Bremerhaven / Potsdam
Funding
Sponsored by the Eastern Partnership and Russia Program of the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.
