Monday, April 29, 2024. International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR)  and World Reindeer Herders (WRH)  had a meeting with Arctic Council chairship in MFA Norway in Oslo with Morten Høglund and Solveig Rossebø to discuss the future contribution of EALLU III project and GEF UNEP Reindeer Herding and Resilience projects in Arctic Councils activities.

About EALLU

EALLU III project is a continutation of the Arctic Council SDWG EALLU project on food culture, traditional knowledge and Indigenous youth.

About  Reindeer Husbandry and Resilience project

GEF and UN Environment has endorsed and support the project: Reindeer Husbandry and Resilience, a global part of the project: Managing Peatlands in Mongolia and Enhancing the Resilience of Pastoral Ecosystems and Livelihoods of Nomadic Herders.

Indigenous reindeer husbandry represents a livelihood and way of life based on practices and knowledge developed through long-term experiences in living under harsh and highly variable conditions. Therefore, reindeer herders’ traditional knowledge, culture, and language provide a central foundation for rebuilding social ecological resilience locally, to be used to navigate through future shocks and disturbances. 

The overall goal of Reindeer Husbandry and Resilience project is to develop a Global knowledge-base and capacity for herders’ contribution to sustainable landscape management.
More about project here 

About Arctic Council 

The Arctic Council is the leading intergovernmental forum promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, Arctic Indigenous Peoples and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular on issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic.

Norway is the Chair at the Arctic Council from 2023 – 2025