Resumen de Rudolph to the rescue
Brahic talks about the indigenous Sami and Nenet tribes that have formed the closest bond with reindeer. Pekka Aikio, former president of the Sami parliament in Finland, describes the relationship as a kind of symbiosis. In exchange for transportation, mobile shelter, warm clothes and food, herders protect the reindeer from wolves and other predators and keep them healthy. Their routes are planned to allow the ecosystem to recover after grazing. Given how finely attuned the herders are to their environment, it's no wonder that they have noticed subtle shifts in their wilderness over recent years. Records show that temperatures across the region are rising twice as fast as the global average.
