Long-Term Change and Sustainability in Indigenous Communities of Kamchatka

Keywords: environmental sustainability, social-ecological systems, Indigenous communities, traditional activities, Kamchatka
Abstract Type: Paper Abstract

Abstract

The knowledge accumulated to date about the organization of traditional living and economic activities in communities of the Indigenous peoples of the North represent a large amount of narrowly focused information. The focus of this research of sociology-natural-economic systems is a close collaboration of specialists from different fields of knowledge in solving interdisciplinary problems, and the subsequent synthesis of the holistic solution. Interdisciplinary integration of such diverse knowledge has long been recognized as one of the main methodological avenues to solve a variety of research and management problems. The Indigenous communities of Kamchatka are undergoing rapid environmental, sociology-cultural and economic transformations. The paper reviews the current state of the traditional nature use of the Indigenous Peoples of Kamchatka from the perspective of the current sociology-ecological changes taking place.
Harmonious interaction between new technologies and traditional economic activities can be the key to the sustainable development of northern regions and the sustainable development of Indigenous peoples. Systematic work related to the preservation of traditional natural use and culture of the Indigenous peoples of the North can make a significant contribution to improving the environmental and economic efficiency of natural resource use and helping to overcome the economic and sociology-demographic crisis of the areas of residence of the Indigenous peoples of Kamchatka.