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