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标题：Social licence for the utilization of wild berries in the context of local traditional rights and the interests of the berry industry
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作者：Rainer Peltola ; Ville Hallikainen ; Seija Tuulentie 等
期刊名称：Barents Studies: Peoples, Economies and Politics
电子版ISSN：2324-0652
出版年度：2014
卷号：1
期号：2
出版社：University of Lapland
摘要：Everyman's right, as applied in Finland and other Nordic countries, allows the pick- ing of natural products (wild berries, mushrooms, etc.) regardless of land ownership. Harvesting and selling natural products has been an important source of income in rural areas of northern Finland. As household berry picking has more or less replaced small-scale commercial berry picking, foreign seasonal pickers are now supplying raw material for the berry industry. This has aroused vivid discussions about the limits of everyman's right and inhabitants' rights to local natural resources. Critics claim that commercially organized berry picking makes it difficult for inhabitants to fully use natural resources. In this article, we present the results of a survey aimed at nature- oriented, mainly northern residents of Finland and a telephone and e-mail service to which residents of northern Finland sent feedback regarding foreign berry pickers. The results of the survey and the feedback show that, in general, organized berry picking by foreign labourers is accepted if some basic guidelines or rules are respected. These
关键词：wild berries; berry industry; social licence; everyman's right