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Prof. Forbes has a background in applied ecology and geography in northern high latitudes, with special emphasis on permafrost regions. His experience is circumpolar, encompassing studies of rapid land use and climate change in Alaska, the Canadian High Arctic, various regions of northern Russia, and northernmost Fennoscandia. His approach is strongly interdisciplinary and participatory, aiming for the co-production of knowledge, particularly concerning local and regional stakeholder-driven research questions. He has conducted fieldwork annually in the Arctic for over 35 years.
Field of science
- Geosciences
- Social and economic geography
- Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Environmental sciences
- Multidisciplinary
Keywords
- Arctic social-ecological systems
- Rangifer systems
- Tundra disturbance
- Arctic rangelands
- Reindeer governance
- Dendroclimatology
- Tundra greening
- Shruibification
- Resilience
- Pastoralism
- Rapid climate change
- Rapid landuse change
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CHARTER: Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Bioversity
Forbes, B. C., Landauer, M., Rasmus, S. & Laptander, R.
01.08.2020 → 31.07.2024
Project: Co-funded project
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AROSS: Rain on Snow and Extreme precipitation
Forbes, B. C., Laptander, R. & Rasmus, S.
15.09.2019 → 31.08.2024
Project: Co-funded project
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ALTER 2: Abisko Long-Term Experiment, the 2nd phase: Can fungi control climate through carbon sequestration in arctic tundra?
Forbes, B. C. & Väisänen, M.
24.06.2019 → 28.02.2021
Project: Co-funded project
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ALTER: Abisko Long-Term Experiment: Can fungi control climate trough carbon seguestration in arctic tundra?
Forbes, B. C. & Väisänen, M.
Waldemar von Frenckells stiftelse
15.08.2018 → 31.12.2019
Project: Co-funded project
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Sustainable bioeconomy on reindeer pastures
Stark, S., Landauer, M., Forbes, B. C., Turunen, M. & Rasmus, S.
13.02.2018 → 31.12.2019
Project: Co-funded project
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Implications of norms and knowledge in customary reindeer herding units for resource governance
Horstkotte, T., Heikkinen, H. I., Warg Næss, M., Landauer, M., Forbes, B. C., Risvoll, C. & Sarkki, S., 2022, Reindeer husbandry and global environmental change : Pastoralism in Fennoscandia. Horstkotte, T., Holand, Ø., Kumpula, J. & Moen, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 133-149 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Tipping points and regime shifts in reindeer husbandry: a systems approach
Moen, J., Forbes, B. C., Löf, A. & Horstkotte, T., 2022, Reindeer husbandry and global environmental change : Pastoralism in Fennoscandia. Horstkotte, T., Holand, Ø., Kumpula, J. & Moen, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 265-277 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Unpacking reindeer husbandry governance in Sweden, Norway and Finland: A political discursive perspective
Löf, A., Raitio, K., Forbes, B. C., Labba, M. M. K., Landauer, M., Risvoll, C. & Sarkki, S., 2022, Reindeer husbandry and global environmental change – Pastoralism in Fennoscandia . Horstkotte, T., Holand, Ø., Kumpula, J. & Moen, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 150-172Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Arctic rain on snow events: bridging observations to understand environmental and livelihood impacts
Serreze, M. C., Gustafson, J., Barrett, A. P., Druckenmiller, M. L., Fox, S., Voveris, J., Stroeve, J., Sheffield, B., Forbes, B. C., Rasmus, S., Laptander, R., Brook, M., Brubaker, M., Temte, J., McCrystall, M. R. & Bartsch, A., 6 Oct 2021, In: Environmental research letters. 16, 10, 105009.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Common mechanisms explain nitrogen-dependent growth of Arctic shrubs over three decades despite heterogeneous trends and declines in soil nitrogen availability
Martin, A. C., Macias-Fauria, M., Bonsall, M. B., Forbes, B. C., Zetterberg, P. & Jeffers, E. S., 4 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: New Phytologist. p. 1-17Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Activities
- 2 Membership of an editorial board
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ECOLOGY AND SOCIETY (Journal)
Bruce C. Forbes (Editorial board member)
2015 → …Activity: Editorial and other work related to publications › Membership of an editorial board
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POLAR GEOGRAPHY (Journal)
Bruce C. Forbes (Editorial board member)
2014 → …Activity: Editorial and other work related to publications › Membership of an editorial board
Press / Media
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Changing Arctic
Timo Koivurova, Bruce Forbes & Tiina Sanila-Aikio
10.12.2014 → 23.09.2020
8 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Media contents: Society
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Greening of the Arctic
Isla H. Myers-Smith, Scott J Goetz, Bruce Forbes, Jeffrey T. Kerby & Alex Moen
04.02.2020 → 06.02.2020
3 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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Warming of the Arctic
Bruce Forbes, Eric S. Post & Michael Mann
04.12.2019 → 05.12.2019
2 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research
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11th Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council
Timo Koivurova, Outi Snellman, Gosia Śmieszek, Bruce Forbes & Anne Raja-Hanhela
26.04.2019 → 14.05.2019
35 items of Media coverage, 2 Media contributions
Media contents: Society
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Global warming and reindeer herding on Siberian tundra
15.11.2016 → 16.11.2016
8 items of Media coverage
Media contents: Research