Outputs and Results

BuSK focuses on the reconciliation of various and often conflictual rural land and natural resource use modes such as forestry, reindeer herding, agriculture, mining, tourism and recreation – depending on the needs of the case in question

The results will increase the capacity of remote and sparsely populated communities for sustainable environmental management by involving all stakeholders to land use planning and natural resource use decisions

Contribution to the changes sought by NPA 2014-2020:

• Increased capacity of remote and sparsely populated communities for sustainable environmental management
• Involvement of end users. End users will be involved in all stages of participatory GIS mapping from planning of questionnaires to applying the results to local land use planning and natural resource management 

Outputs produced in different work packages of the BuSK project can be found from here: https://www.luke.fi/busk/work-packages/

Report: Local knowledge, public sector agencies and managing nature conservation areas in Ireland

Report from John McDonagh, Louise Weir and Marjatta Hytönen, 2019. Local knowledge, public sector agencies and managing nature conservation areas in Ireland. Read report from this link: https://www.luke.fi/busk/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2020/03/Ireland_Nature_Conservation_Report_2019_McDonagh-et-al_2020.pdf

Report: Shared knowledge for managing Special Areas of Conservation

This report's autors are John McDonagh and Louise Weir from University of Galway. Read the report from here. 

Greenland Case study report with participatory maps

Report of local acceptance for Nussir mining project

See the report Local acceptance for Nussir - the mining project in Kvalsund - in light of theory and the developer's view. An interview with Øystein Rushfeldt. from here: https://www.luke.fi/busk/nussir_rapport_17-10-18/ 

Fact sheet: How to use indigenous and local knowledge in planning

See the fact sheet from here: https://www.luke.fi/busk/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2019/09/BuSK-Fact-Sheet-How-to-use-indigenous-and-local-knowledge-in-planning.pdf 

Participatory Public Geographic Information System PPGIS

Image: An example of PPGIS query. Respondent can mark on map places of interest and give detailed information about the place.

See description of PPGIS from here.