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Researchers observe first Arctic fox den in Finland for over 25 years

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 16:16
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The combined population of Arctic foxes across the Finnish, Swedish and Norwegian areas of Lapland may have hit a record

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Population of Murmansk, Russia, down by 8,700

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 09:44 — Last Updated: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 at 09:58
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First of all, we need to take measures to stop the current decrease, Acting Deputy Governor Maria Derunova told the Barents

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Census 2021: A snapshot of Arctic Canada’s population and dwelling data

The Canadian Press
Posted: Thursday, February 10, 2022 at 12:03
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The census data for 2021 tells a very different story across Canada’s three territories. Yukon led the country in population

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Technologies to slow climate change could give 20% population growth northern Sweden

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 13:48
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Population could increase with as much as one-fifth as ten thousand new workplaces will be created in Västerbotten and Norrbotten

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Arctic Russia: Military towns growing while overall population slides

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 16:09
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The population of Murmansk is shrinking to a historical low. Only the Northern Fleet garrisons see new people moving in.

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Fewer than 50,000 births in Finland last year

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 12:06
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According to preliminary data from Statistics Finland, 47,307 births were recorded in the country last year, a good 3,000 fewer

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Why are people moving away from Alaska?

Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 13:13
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More people are leaving Alaska than are moving to the state, leading to overall population decline. That’s the major takeaway

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Immigration curbs population decline in Norway’s northernmost county

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 13:49 — Last Updated: Monday, August 27, 2018 at 14:07
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Norwegians, especially the youngsters, move south. Foreign citizens though, have more than doubled the last ten years. Vadsø, Honningsvåg and

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Finnish state should invest in services to keep rural areas populated: poll

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 23, 2018 at 15:14
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Finland’s public broadcaster Yle recently asked the pollster Taloustutkimus to carry out a survey asking a sample of Finns about

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Small town hopes to reverse depopulation trend affecting rural and Northern Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018 at 16:22 — Last Updated: Friday, February 23, 2018 at 08:54
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  While more and more people move to Sweden’s bigger towns and cities, 63 municipalities in the countryside have seen

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People continue to move away from Russia’s Murmansk region

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 20:37
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About 400,000 people have left the Kola Peninsula since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Latest statistics from Murmanskstat confirms

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More people now live in Oslo than in most of northern Norway

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 19:48 — Last Updated: Friday, February 24, 2017 at 20:45
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Northern Norway had a population growth in 2016, but there is still plenty of space for more residents. All the

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The Arctic Canadian community of Ukukhaktok in Canada's Northwest Territories. A move to reduce diesel use in community's like this one, were among your most read stories this week. (Eilís Quinn / Eye on the Arctic)
Canada Society Society (Canada) 

With population shrinking, Canada’s N.W.T. seeks recruits

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 10:44
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The Northwest Territories (N.W.T.) is one of the few places in Canada that saw its population shrink last year. Now

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