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Video – Inside Russia’s rapid Arctic expansion

20 June 201921 June 2019 CBC News 0 Comments defence, energy, gas, icebreakers, indigenous, Infrastructure, LNG, military, Murmansk, Nenets, Nikel, reindeer, Sami, Yamal peninsula

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

22 May 201924 May 2019 Yle News 0 Comments Arctic railway, indigenous, rail, reindeer, Saami, Sami, transport

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

18 February 201918 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments endangered species, hunting, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, reindeer, wildlife

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

11 February 201911 February 2019 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Infrastructure, Kirkenes, rail, reindeer, reindeer herding, Rovaniemi, transport, wildlife

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

22 January 2019 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Aili Keskitalo, business, climate change, industry, Kirkenes, railway, reindeer, Rovaniemi, technology

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

24 September 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments indigenous, rail, reindeer, reindeer herding, Saami, Saami Council., Sami, tourism, transport, wildlife

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

19 September 201821 September 2018 Yle News 0 Comments animals, indigenous, Lapland, mining, natural resources, nature, reindeer, reindeer herding, Saami, Sami

Gold mining in Lapland (northern Finland) is causing more ecological problems than a local association has reported, according to the

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

13 July 201813 July 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Berlevag, Davvi, energy, Finland, Finnmark, fuel, hydrogen, Infrastructure, Kjøllefjord, Raggovidda, Rastegaisa, reindeer, reindeer herding, Renewables, Sami, ST1, Varanger Kraft, wind power

The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held

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Arctic Indigenous food culture takes the day at international cookbook awards

31 May 20181 June 2018 Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic 0 Comments Arctic Council, Association of World Reindeer Herders, caribou, EALLU, food, Gourmand International Cookbook Awards, Inuit, reindeer, Saami, Sami, Siberia

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

7 May 20187 May 2018 Yle News 0 Comments animals, business, compensation, conservation, farms, fauna, Finland, Lapland, livestock, politics, reindeer, rural

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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Russia plans fenced parks to confine reindeer herding in Arctic

2 May 20184 May 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments animals, autonomous regions, business, environment, government, husbandry, natural resources, oil and gas, politics, regions, reindeer, Yamal, Yamal-Nenets

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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Mass vaccination against anthrax continues on Yamal Peninsula

22 March 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments anthrax, climate change, reindeer, Yamal peninsula

More than 658,000 reindeer are up for vaccination in order to prevent another outbreak of the deadly bacteria infection. Regional

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More than 800 000 reindeer to be vaccinated against anthrax in Russia

9 August 20179 August 2017 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments anthrax, disease, Nenets, public health, reindeer, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

In the course of summer, the whole reindeer population of the Nenets tundra will be made immune against the lethal

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Finland’s wolverines again in hunters’ sights after 35 years?

5 January 2017 Yle News 0 Comments Finland, reindeer, wolverine hunt

The Finnish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry wants to allow restricted hunting of wolverines in reindeer herding areas. The elusive

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Yamal-Nenets authorities plan to cull 250,000 reindeer

9 September 20169 September 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments anthrax, Arctic, reindeer, Russia, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Pasture lands are insufficient and the risk of another anthrax outbreak is high, authorities in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug say.

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