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ArticleAmbio2018

Is sustainable resource utilisation a relevant concept in Avanersuaq? The walrus case.

Astrid Oberborbeck Andersen, Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen, Janne Flora

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Article in Ambio, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Astrid Oberborbeck AndersenDepartment of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark. aoa@learning.aau.dk.
Mads Peter Heide-JørgensenGreenland Institute of Natural Resources, c/o Greenland Representation, Strandgade 91, 2, Postbox 1915, 1016, Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Janne FloraDepartment of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353, Copenhagen K, Denmark.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article addresses the role of Atlantic walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) in present-day Avanersuaq from anthropological and biological perspectives, and asks whether or not sustainable resource utilisation is a useful concept in northwest Greenland. We describe the relations that unfold around walrus and walrus hunting, in the communities living adjacent to the North Water polynya on the eastern side of Smith Sound. We examine the interplay of walrus population abundance, hunting practices, uses, and formal (governmental) and informal (traditional) ways of regulating the hunt, and we analyse how walruses acquire multiple values as they circulate in different networks. Sustainable resource utilisation, we conclude, is a concept that is relevant in Avanersuaq and beyond, because it works as a biological standard, and hence organises laws, norms, and practices of formal management. Simultaneously, the term is problematic, because it ignores manifold levels of human and societal values connected to walrus.

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Conservation of Natural ResourcesWalrusesAnimalsGreenlandPopulation DynamicsAtlantic walrusGreenlandHunting communitiesManagementSustainability

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PMID29516444
PMCPMC5963566

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