Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Use of Local Biological Resources of Chukotka for Food Self-supply of Local Communities

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Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2024 17 (4)
Authors
Klokov, Konstantin B.
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Klokov, Konstantin B.: Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography (Kunstkamera) RAS Saint Petersburg State University Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; ; ORCID: 0000-0002-6149-5778
Keywords
Arctic; indigenous population; non-indigenous population; questionnaire survey; food resources; reindeer husbandry; sea mammal hunting; game bird hunting; collection of food plants; food self-sufficiency
Abstract

The use of local food biological resources (LFBR) is an important source of food, not only for indigenous people, but for all inhabitants of the North. The aim of the research is to quantify the LBFR for one of the typical Arctic regions of Russia. The territory of Chukotka north-east was chosen, where food self-sufficiency of the population has been studied in detail at the qualitative level in recent years. Our methodology included a mass survey, using a short anonymous questionnaire, complemented by informal interviews. Ten villages and towns in three municipal districts were surveyed in 2023 summer. The results showed that the most important of all the LFBRs are (in descending order): venison, fish, berries, mushrooms, marine mammal meat, and game birds, which were rated highest by the majority of the population in almost all settlements. Five of them have approximately equal and high importance for both indigenous and non-indigenous parts of the local population. The marine mammal meat is important mainly for the families of indigenous people. Two old traditions were confirmed to be preserved and highly relevant: the donation of a part of the harvested resources to needy families and the exchange of harvested products between tundra reindeer herders and sea-hunters from coastal settlements. The result of the study show that an adequate system of local biological resources management should be created, since almost all residents are acutely dissatisfied with the existing rules. The North residents highly appreciate the importance of the LFBR, and their interests should not be neglected

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824–836
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https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/152838

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