In polar areas, there is high confidence that the appearance of land previously covered by ice, changes in snow cover, and thawing permafrost are contributing to changing seasonal activities. These include changes in accessibility, abundance and distribution of culturally important plant and animal species. These changes are harming the livelihoods and cultural identity of Indigenous Peoples, local communities and traditional peoples. In northern Fennoscandia, for example, reindeer herders reported experiences of deteriorated foraging conditions due to changes in the winter climate . In addition, Inuit and First Nations communities in Canada  and Alaskan Natives and Native American communities in the USA  identified disruption to access routes to traditional hunting grounds and climate- related stresses to culturally important species.
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Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
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