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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland RCI 

Can climate adaptation be culturally sustainable in the Arctic?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 08:52
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While ways of reindeer husbandry may be adaptable to the changing climate, intergenerational transmission of Indigenous knowledge can be negatively

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) 

Commercial herding: cap on reindeer numbers shouldn’t change, Finnish gov experts say

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 10:01 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:07
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Over the past year, a working group at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been examining the future of

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General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Indigenous Sami groups face each other in Swedish court over reindeer grazing rights

Viktor Asberg, Radio Sweden
Posted: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 at 09:36 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 13, 2021 at 13:06
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Today, a unique trial gets underway in the district court of Lycksele, northern Sweden to decide who has the right

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General News Norway Politics Politics (Norway) 

Railway linking Barents Sea coast to Arctic Finland not commercially viable, report says

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 11:00 — Last Updated: Monday, February 11, 2019 at 11:05
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Finnish-Norwegian working group says cargo volumes are too small to justify building a railway from Rovaniemi (Arctic Finland) to Kirkenes

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Environment Environment (Russia) General News Russia 

Longread — Russia’s quest for Arctic resources unhindered by climate crisis

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:08 — Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2019 at 15:40
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Regional authorities in the Yamal-Nenets region, in Arctic Russia, are aware of the potential devastating consequences of climate change, but

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Saami Council says planned Arctic railway threatens reindeer herders

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, September 24, 2018 at 14:26
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A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General News 

Gold mining in northern Finland hurts reindeer, says Natural Resources Institute

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 14:27 — Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2018 at 15:40
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Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the

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General News Norway Society Society (Norway) 

Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 15:27 — Last Updated: Friday, July 13, 2018 at 15:31
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The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held

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Blog Culture Culture (Finland) Finland General News 

Blog – Sámi school preserves reindeer herders’ heritage with help of internet

Mia Bennett
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 13:57 — Last Updated: Friday, June 22, 2018 at 13:07
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In my previous post, I wrote about how a Concorde jet and Chinese tourists have irrevocably changed Lapland in the

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Blog Business Business (Finland) Finland General News 

Blog – In Santa’s hometown, are tourism and a railway threatening Sámi culture?

Mia Bennett
Posted: Monday, June 18, 2018 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Tuesday, June 19, 2018 at 09:16
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Located just a few kilometers to the south of the Arctic Circle, the unassuming Finnish city of Rovaniemi does not

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Business Business (Finland) Finland General 

Better times for reindeer herding

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2016 at 16:03
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The revenues of reindeer herding businesses doubled during the last fiscal year mainly because of higher meat prices and lower

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Feature

Wide shot of the Centennial Flame with the Parliament building behind
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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