Although international institutions increasingly recognize the connection that indigenous peoples have to lands and the particular role that indigenous peoples have in maintaining and achieving sustainable development, notable challenges remain in the recognition of indigenous peoples’ own conceptualizations of sustainability. At a time when there is a growing pressure to intensify land use in Sápmi, this study reviews how Sámi reindeer herders’ articulations on sustainability are recognized in land governance and the permitting of mineral extraction in Sápmi. The review shows that governance of mineral extraction in many ways ignores Sámi considerations concerning fragmentation of pastureland. The governance rests on standardized categories introduced by the settlers and logics of separation, privileging ontologies that determine land as a resource. The review addresses the need for indigenous-led development of metrics on sustainable development and management schemes that are open to ontological multiplicity.

尽管国际机构越来越认识到土著人民必须拥有土地的联系以及土著人民在维持和实现可持续发展中所发挥的特殊作用，但是在承认土著人民自己对可持续性的概念方面仍然存在着重大挑战。在萨普米州日益加剧的土地使用压力的时候，本研究回顾了萨米驯鹿放牧者对可持续性的表述如何在土地管理和萨普米矿产开采许可中得到认可。该评论表明，矿产开采的治理在许多方面都忽略了萨米人关于牧场破碎化的考虑。治理基于定居者引入的标准化类别和分离逻辑，将土地确定为资源的特权本体论。审查满足了由土著人主导的关于可持续发展和管理计划的度量标准的需求，这些度量标准对本体论多样性是开放的。