Unusual amounts of snow and ice threaten reindeer in Arctic Norway
“It’s a serious crisis,” says Elisabeth Aspaker, County Governor of Norway’s northernmost region. She calls on everyone not to disturb
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Arctic railway dream fades away as Sami herders signal ‘veto’
Sami politicians and reindeer herders across the Norwegian-Finnish border join efforts and make clear no Arctic railway from Kirkenes to
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Swedish Sami and hunters react to historic win over state in land use case
The Supreme Court, in Stockholm, was packed with people, most in traditional Sami dress, waiting for the result of a
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Sami indigenous village wins historic land use case over Swedish state
The Supreme Court has granted a Sami association in the far north the sole right to manage small-game hunting on
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Commercial herding: cap on reindeer numbers shouldn’t change, Finnish gov experts say
Over the past year, a working group at the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry has been examining the future of
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Indigenous Sami groups face each other in Swedish court over reindeer grazing rights
Today, a unique trial gets underway in the district court of Lycksele, northern Sweden to decide who has the right
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Long read – The Arctic railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?
The Arctic railway project from Rovaniemi, Finland to Kirkenes, Norway caused heated debate in Europe until it was tanked by
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Reindeer struggling to stay cool as unusual heat hits northern Finland
A pair of enterprising reindeer hit the beach in northern Finland last Tuesday as the mercury rose to 28 degrees
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Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion
Russia is rapidly expanding its economic and military presence in the Arctic. The country’s ambitions are bringing changes to the
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Sámi youth oppose proposed Arctic rail line in northern Finland
As lawmakers have gathered at Helsinki’s House of the Estates for government formation negotiations over the past several days, demonstrators
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Authorities in northwest Russia move to protect wild reindeer
Murmansk regional authorities want a permanent ban on hunting. Wild reindeer on the central and eastern part of the Kola
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Railway linking Barents Sea coast to Arctic Finland not commercially viable, report says
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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“The ‘Smart Arctic’ is Indigenous,” Saami leader tells Arctic Frontiers
We Sámi people manage the life cycles of natural resources and produce little or no wastes, that is what I
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Saami Council says planned Arctic railway threatens reindeer herders
A railway will affect the income and existence of the reindeer herding communities in the entire area from Rovaniemi in
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Gold mining in northern Finland hurts reindeer, says Natural Resources Institute
Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the
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