Food Security in the High North

Kamrul Hossain is a research professor and director of the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law at the University of Lapland. He led several research projects with a focus on human rights and human security in the Arctic, and has widely published in these disciplines. Lena Maria Nilsson is an experienced nutritional epidemiologist with a research focus on traditional Sami food as a determinant of health and on food security in the Arctic. Since 2019, she is the vice director at the Centre for Sami Research at Umeå University, Sweden. Thora Martina Herrmann is a cultural geographer with expertise in action-research projects in polar regions on place-based Indigenous knowledge and identity and the social-cultural dimensions of human-environment interactions. She works in First Nation, Inuit, Mapuce, and Sámi contexts.

Part 1: Food Security, Traditional Knowledge and Livelihoods 1. ‘The Role of Stockfish in Local Food Security: Traditional Knowledge, Transmission and Change in Lofoten, Norway’ 2. Traditional Reindeer Rangeland Management and a (Human) Rights-Based Approach to Food Sovereignty 3. Sami Reindeer Herders and the Radioactive Reindeer: Food Security from Different Voice 4. Traditional Nutrition of Indigenous Peoples in the Arctic Zone of Western Siberia: Challenges and Impact on Food Security and Health 5. Dietary Issues in Contemporary Greenland: Dietary Patterns, Food Insecurity, and the Role of Traditional Food Among Greenlandic Inuit in the Twenty-First Century Part 2: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives on Food (In)Security 6. Human Rights Begin with Breakfast: Maintenance of and Access to Stable Traditional Food Systems with a Focus on the European High Arctic 7. Sami Identity and Traditional Livelihood Practices: From Non-Indigenous to Indigenous Food Frameworks 8. Food Security Management in the Western Russian Arctic Zone: Current Status and Information Support Issues 9. Arctic Food Crisis Management 10. Food Security from a Food Regimes Perspective Part 3: Arctic Food Security Keys to the Future 11. Some Reflections on Swedish Food Strategies from a Sami and an Arctic Perspective 12. Bridging Food Security Gaps in the European High North Through the Internet of Food 13. Food Security and Fertiliser Supply: The Role of Arctic Deposits 14. Community-Led Initiatives as Innovative Responses: Shaping the Future of Food Security and Food Sovereignty in Canada 15. Building Traditional Food Knowledge: An Approach to Food Security Through North-South Dialogue