Short course: Co-Management of Natural Resources

This course is an introduction to fundamental aspects of collaborative
management and monitoring of living resources. The participants are people in public natural
resource management positions, with a focus on community-based approaches, and Master’s
students. The course will provide participants with an overview of collaborative management in
theory and practice. Moreover, it will explore how to use indigenous and local knowledge to
promote equitable and environmentally sustainable management of living resources. The course
will also provide participants with an opportunity to consider how to successfully promote
sustainable, natural-resource based economic development in rural communities. It will engage the
participants in scientific debates about collaborative resource management and indigenous and local
knowledge and, at the same time, provide them with real-world experience in using methods to
document and collaboratively manage living resources in the Arctic