Mining Company Sentenced to Pay for Damages to Reindeer Herders
The mining company Blackstone Nickel AB in Västerbotten must pay SEK 1 million to the Sámi reindeer herding community of
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Swedish Sámi Communities Moving Towards Environmental Changes in Reindeer Industry
Sámi Parliament and several Sámi communities are moving towards environmental changes in the reindeer industry. The Swedish government has contributed SEK
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Reduced Lynx Hunting in Sweden
Tuesday marked the start of the official lynx hunt in Sweden but this year authorities will only allow 110 animals
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Refugees Help Swedish Northern Town Beat Depopulation
Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/radio-sweden-depopulation.MP3 Depopulation is a growing problem across the sparsely populated north of Sweden. More than 20 districts set to
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Sami Reindeer-Herders Can Sue Swedish State
A district court in northern Sweden has ruled there is no reason why indigenous Samis there cannot sue the Swedish
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Swedish Wolf Controversy Deepens
The government’s plans to import wolves from Finland and to release tame wolves from Swedish zoos to tackle inbreeding have
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Tripling Wolf Population in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia Would Prevent Inbreeding
The Nordic countries and Russia need to do more to protect wolves from dying out in the far north of
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Town in Northern Sweden Rallies Youth Against Climate Change
Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/rs-youthclimate.MP3 The failure of global climate change negotiations, first in Kyoto and more recently in Copenhagen, has led many
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Historic Sami Land Rights Case Underway in Sweden
Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/rs-samilandaccess.MP3 An historic court case over land rights in northern Sweden gets underway today in the High Court. More
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Sami Market with Climate-Smart Meat in Focus
Reindeer meat will now be presented as a climate-smart and ecological product in Sweden. The government is investing eight million
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Prospecting Boom Squeezes Sami Land
More and more foreign prospecting and mining companies are coming to Sweden – attracted by the country’s largely untapped mineral
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Sweden May Sell the Right to Pollute
Because Sweden has been able to cut down its pollution, it now owns emissions credits worth seven billion Swedish kronor
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More Protection for Saimaa Ringed Seal in Finland?
Minister for Forestry and Agriculture Sirkka-Liisa Anttila is to take charge of negotiating a treaty to protect the endangered Saimaa-ringed
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Kiruna, Sweden Sets Sights on Space Tourism
Listen: {play}/media/jukebox/Space tourism Kiruna.MP3 Space tourism is set to become a reality in just a few years time and Esrange
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Swedish Environmental Group Criticises Trigger-Happy Wolf Hunters
The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation has complained that several wolves were unnecesarily wounded during the national wolf hunt this
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