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

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 25, 2019 at 10:01
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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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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
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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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Long read – The Arctic railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 at 14:52 — Last Updated: Friday, September 20, 2019 at 13:56
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The Arctic railway project from Rovaniemi, Finland to Kirkenes, Norway caused heated debate in Europe until it was tanked by

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Countries Environment ENVIRONMENT Finland General 

Reindeer struggling to stay cool as unusual heat hits northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:52 — Last Updated: Monday, July 29, 2019 at 10:55
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A pair of enterprising reindeer hit the beach in northern Finland last Tuesday as the mercury rose to 28 degrees

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Countries Cyber Cyber-2 Featured Featured • Zone 1 General Geopolitics POLITICS Russia Video Series 

Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion

CBC News
Posted: Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 09:46 — Last Updated: Friday, June 21, 2019 at 10:19
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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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Countries Cyber Cyber-5 Featured Featured • Zone 3 Finland General Highlights POLITICS Politics 

Sámi youth oppose proposed Arctic rail line in northern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at 10:28 — Last Updated: Friday, May 24, 2019 at 14:59
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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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Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics Russia 

Authorities in northwest Russia move to protect wild reindeer

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 11:19 — Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2019 at 11:20
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Murmansk regional authorities want a permanent ban on hunting. Wild reindeer on the central and eastern part of the Kola

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Countries Featured General Highlights Norway POLITICS Politics 

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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Countries Featured General Norway POLITICS Politics 

“The ‘Smart Arctic’ is Indigenous,” Saami leader tells Arctic Frontiers

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at 11:06
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We Sámi people manage the life cycles of natural resources and produce little or no wastes, that is what I

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Environment ENVIRONMENT Featured Finland General Highlights 

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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Cyber Cyber-3 Environment ENVIRONMENT Featured Finland General Highlights 

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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Featured General Highlights Norway SOCIETY Society 

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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Canada Countries Cyber Cyber-4 Featured General Highlights SOCIETY Society 

Arctic Indigenous food culture takes the day at international cookbook awards

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 15:44 — Last Updated: Friday, June 1, 2018 at 13:01
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A book showcasing the recipes of  Indigenous peoples from across the Arctic took the day at the Gourmand International Cookbook

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Rural Finland won’t be fully compensated for predator damage

Yle News
Posted: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 14:38 — Last Updated: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 14:46
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Residents and farmers who’ve been approved to receive compensation for damage caused by predators will not receive the full amount

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Cyber-3 Featured General Highlights POLITICS Politics Russia 

Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic

Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 10:19 — Last Updated: Friday, May 4, 2018 at 09:50
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The region that holds the world’s biggest number of reindeer wants to restrict animal migration and establish fenced “reindeer parks”.

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