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With a focus on the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination, and an eye on Arctic practices, this article analyses the right of indigenous peoples to self-determination and its exercise at the intergovernmental level. While the exercise of self-determination necessarily implies the right of indigenous peoples to autonomy in their internal and local matters and their involvement in decision-making at the state level, this article argues that self-determination additionally includes the right of indigenous peoples to be represented and to participate in the international arena: the intergovernmental aspect of self-determination. Although this analysis determines that it is yet too early to indicate the existence of a fully-fledged right, this article also evidences that there is a new policy goal at the un level, accompanied by practices at the arctic regional level, which could support the emergence of such a right in the future.

The significance of Sámi rights in the Nordic countries : an introduction / Dorothée Cambou & Øvind Ravna -- The relevance of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to vibrant, viable, and sustainable Sámi communities / Mattias Åhren -- The survey of property rights in Sámi areas of Norway-with focus on the survey of the Karasjok case / Øyvind Ravna -- Indigenous peoples' right to fish : recent recognition of Sámi rights in Finland through civil disobedience and criminal trial / Martin Scheinin & Pia Nuorgam -- The significance of the Fosen decision and its contribution for protecting the cultural rights of the Sámi in the green transition / Dorothée Cambou -- The interplay of politics and jurisprudence in the Girjas court case / Eivind Torp -- The prohibition to weaken the Sámi culture in international law and Finnish environmental legislation / Leena Heinämäki -- The implementation of Sámi land rights in the Swedish Forestry Act / Malin Brännström -- Sámi rights and conservation issues / Elsa Reimersona & Linn Flodén -- A human rights-based approach to Sámi statistics in Norway / Peter Dawson -- Rendering the invisible visible : Sámi rights and data governance / Tamara Krawchenko & Chris McDonald -- Sámi rights and sustainability in early childhood education and care : sustainability in everyday practices in Norwegian kindergartens / Ingvild Åmot & Monica Bjerklund -- Sámi rights in the sustainable transition : concluding remarks / Christina Allard.

"This book examines the significance of the rights of the Sámi people and analyses the issues raised by the recognition and implementation of these rights in the Nordic countries. Written together by Sámi and non-Sámi experts, the book adopts a human rights approach to examine the adequacy of law and policies that seek to protect the culture and livelihood of Sámi communities in their traditional lands and territories. The book discusses contemporary legal and jurisprudential developments in the field of Sámi rights. It examines the processes and challenges in the recognition and implementation of these rights, particularly in relation to the governance of their traditional land and resources. The book will be of particular interest to legal scholars, political scientists, experts in the field of indigenous peoples' rights, governmental authorities, and members of indigenous communities"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- General introduction and the structure of the book -- PART I: Theory and context -- 1.1 The question of societal security in the Arctic -- 1.1 Society and a transnationally organised community -- 1.2 Broadening security concept -- 1.3 Societal security -- 1.4 Linking human security to societal security -- 1.5 Societal security: the Barents Region in context -- References -- 1.2 The Barents Region, a society with shared security concerns in the Arctic -- Introduction -- 1 Geography and demography of the Barents Region -- 2 The history of the Barents Region -- 3 The forerunners of the Barents cooperation: peace and environmental collaboration -- 4 The institutionalisation of the Barents Region's cooperation -- 5 The development of the Barents cooperation, its achievements and challenges -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Assessment -- 2.1 Environmental security in the Barents Region -- 1 Definition -- 2 Contextualisation -- 3 Assessment of environmental security in the Barents Region -- 4 Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- 2.2 Economic security in the Barents Region -- 1 Definition -- 2 Contextualisation -- 3 Assessment -- 4 Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 2.3 Health security in the Barents Region -- 1 Definition -- 2 Contextualisation -- 3 Assessment -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- 2.4 Food security in the Barents Region -- 1 Definition -- 2 Contextualisation -- 3 Assessment -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 2.5 Water security in the Barents Region -- 1 Definition -- 2 Contextualisation -- 3 Assessment -- 4 Conclusions -- References -- 2.6 Energy security in the Barents Region: A focus on societal perspectives -- 1 Definition: the many faces of energy security.

The Arctic-Barents Region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges.This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of the Arctic-Barents Region. It applies the human security framework, which has increasingly gained currency at the UN level since 1994 (UNDP), as a tool to provide answers to many questions that face the Barents population today. The study explores human security dimensions such as environmental security, economic security, health, food, water, energy, communities, political security and digital security in order to assess the current challenges that the Barents population experiences today or may encounter in the future. In doing so, the book develops a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, challenges and needs in the Barents Region and provides recommendations for new strategies to tackle insecurity and improve the wellbeing of both indigenous and local communities. This book will be a valuable tool for academics, policy-makers and students interested in environmental and human security, sustainable development, environmental studies and the Arctic and Barents Region in particular.

The Arctic-Barents Region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges. This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of the Arctic-Barents Region. It applies the human security framework, which has increasingly gained currency at the UN level since 1994 (UNDP), as a tool to provide answers to many questions that face the Barents population today. The study explores human security dimensions such as environmental security, economic security, health, food, water, energy, communities, political security and digital security in order to assess the current challenges that the Barents population experiences today or may encounter in the future. In doing so, the book develops a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, challenges and needs in the Barents Region and provides recommendations for new strategies to tackle insecurity and improve the wellbeing of both indigenous and local communities. This book will be a valuable tool for academics, policy-makers and students interested in environmental and human security, sustainable development, environmental studies and the Arctic and Barents Region in particular.

"The Arctic-Barents region is facing numerous pressures from a variety of sources, including the effect of environmental changes and extractive industrial developments. The threats arising out of these pressures result in human security challenges.This book analyses the formation, and promotion, of societal security within the context of Arctic-Barents region. It applies the human security framework, which has increasingly gained currency at the UN level since 1994 (UNDP), as a tool to provide answers to many questions that face the Barents population today. The study explores human security dimensions such as environmental security, economic security, health, food, water, energy, communities, political security and digital security in order to assess the current challenges that the Barents population experiences today or may encounter in the future. In doing so, the book develops a comprehensive analysis of vulnerabilities, challenges and needs in the Barents region and provides recommendations for new strategies to tackle insecurity and improve the well-being of both indigenous and local communities.This book will be a valuable tool for academics, policy-makers, and students interested in environmental and human security, sustainable development, environmental studies and the Arctic and Barents region in particular."--Provided by publisher.

Section 1. Arctic Indigenous diversity and the foundations of cultural, social and spiritual well-being -- 1. The role of statistics in relation to Arctic Indigenous realities -- 2. Indigenizing education in Sápmi/Norway: rights, interface and the pedagogies of discomfort and hope -- 3. What makes a good political leader? Young people's perceptions from the republic of Sakha (Yakutia) -- 4. Electronic devices for safeguarding Indigenous languages and cultures (Eastern Siberia) -- 5. Voices of the forests, voices of the streets: popular music and modernist transformation in Sakha (Yakutia), Northeast Siberia -- 6. Soviet-time Indigenous displacement on the Kola Peninsula: an extreme case of a common practice -- 7. Indigenous Arctic religions