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A county board in Sweden approved a protective wolf hunt because they feel the dozens of sheep and lamb deaths are so serious there's no other alternative.(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

How many wolves should live in Sweden?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015 at 19:29 — Last Updated: Friday, February 6, 2015 at 22:06
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Sweden is to reconsider its wolf policy once again, as the government has demanded a new, scientific study into the

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A hundred wolverines have gone due to hunting. (Kenneth Bergström/Sveriges Radio)
News 

Bear and lynx populations are shrinking in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 14:11 — Last Updated: Monday, January 26, 2015 at 20:24
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The number of bears, wolverines and lynx has fallen in Sweden, reversing a previous trend. Sweden’s University of Agricultural Sciences

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A county board in Sweden approved a protective wolf hunt because they feel the dozens of sheep and lamb deaths are so serious there's no other alternative.(iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Lack of fresh snow halts wolf hunt in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 16:08 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 22:44
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The on-going wolf hunt in Värmland, Sweden has been paused due to the weather and the lack of new snow.

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People in many areas of Sweden say wolf hunts are possible, and even necessary, given the size of the wolf population. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Sweden evades EU rules to allow wolf hunt

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 17:33 — Last Updated: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 15:35
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Hunters will get licenses to shoot wolves next year, despite a court ruling against last year’s hunt. This is raising

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A eurasian elk in a forest in Sweden. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Special Features Sweden 

Rare white elk judged fair game in Finland, protected in Sweden

Yle News
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 at 21:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 at 20:06
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Two white Eurasian elk have been observed wandering the forests of the southwest city of Mynämäki, Finland this year. The

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The Sami people need to be more visible in Brussels, says Christina Henriksen, member of the of the Sami Parliament of Norway. (Jonas Karlsbakk/Barents Observer)
General Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Sami people want to be present in European Union

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 at 17:59 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 20:29
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The Sami Council, which is an umbrella organization for Sami organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia, has agreed that

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There are many different caribou herds in regions all across Canada, but most are experiencing dramatic declines. While habitat loss and industrial activity are listed as a major concern, increased pressure from hunting in order for meat and fish to be sold online has also become a concern. This was the most retweeted story on Eye on the Arctic this week. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)
Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Is social media contributing to wildlife decline in Canada’s Arctic?

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Monday, October 20, 2014 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 at 21:06
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New warnings are being made about using social media to sell wildlife meat and fish online. On a Nunavut Territory

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A hunter in the Swedish woods. ( Ida Brännström / Sveriges Radio)
Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Wild game source of lead for Swedish consumers

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 19:40 — Last Updated: Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 21:01
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A new study in Sweden found that lead levels in people who eat wild game meat are higher than previously

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Fieldfares shot by Italian hunters in July in Rautalammi, Finland. (Helmi Nykänen / Yle)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Italian hunter snared for fake bird calls in Northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 at 15:40 — Last Updated: Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 20:06
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This past summer, Italian hunters were invited to Finland to hunt thrushes, a delicacy in southern Europe. Now one over-enthusiastic

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General Society Society (Canada) 

Enough M’Clintock Channel polar bears to increase hunting quota?

Caroline Arbour
Posted: Thursday, September 11, 2014 at 16:09 — Last Updated: Friday, September 12, 2014 at 22:28
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The first of a three-part polar bear count in Nunavut’s Kitikmeot region has wrapped up, but it will be impossible

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Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Demand triggers black market for wild game in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at 10:01
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Greater demand for wild game has created a black market for gangs of poachers in Sweden who hunt the animals

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Environment Environment (Sweden) Sweden 

`Don’t feed wild boars,’ says Swedish report

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2014 at 14:26
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The feeding of wild boars should be banned during the summer months to help control the animal’s growing population, according

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A reindeer calf in Sweden's Arctic Lapland region. (iStock)
Environment Environment (Sweden) Special Features Sweden 

Bear hunt quota worries reindeer herders in Sweden’s Arctic

Radio Sweden
Posted: Monday, July 7, 2014 at 12:55
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The middle of August starts bear hunting season and the number of bears to be shot in northern Sweden is

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(iStock)
Business Finland 

Finland forest sell-off has risks

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 17:01
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This year the government will begin selling off almost 20,000 hectares of forest to raise 25 million euros. But one

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Food security is an issue in communities across the North. Here, Pauline Kadjuk, 1, is carried in a Amautik by her mother Brittany Ikulik, middle, while paying for groceries at the Northern store in the small town of Baker Lake, Nunavut. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press)
Canada Society Society (Canada) Special Features 

Blog: Addressing northern food insecurity

Heather Exner-Pirot
Posted: Monday, June 9, 2014 at 15:22
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The challenge of northern food security is not new, but awareness on the issue has been growing, thanks to efforts

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The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada, seated at Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and is composed of three parts: the Monarch, the Senate, and the House of Commons. Photo: La Presse canadienne / Adrian Wyld

Inuit push for land protection with focus on social economy

In Taloyoak, Nunavut, the northernmost hamlet on mainland Canada, Inuit are working to conserve their territory and set up a community-driven, land-based economy. Photo : Eilís Quinn

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