Month: September 2019

Third Arctic Award was nominated to BuSK project (Building shared knowledge capital to support natural resource governance in the northern periphery), which was coordinated by Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). The award ceremony was held in Copenhagen in Tuesday 17 September. The annual award has been awarded now three times by Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic programme, in cooperation with all five Interreg funding programmes. The Arctic Award aims to …

Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) refers to the knowledge which has been developed from the experience gained over centuries by people living in a specific area and that are embedded in community practices. Utilising ILK can help in avoiding many typical pitfalls in land use planning. Thus collecting it wisely should be one tool for all bodies operating with land use planning, especially in areas that are very sensitive or …