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They say tests on reindeer showed that the animal does respond to UV stimuli, unlike humans. The ability might enable them to pick out food and predators in the “UV-rich” Arctic atmosphere, and to retain visibility in low light. Details are published in the The Journal of Experimental Biology. Continue reading Reindeer See in ‘UV’
According to Helena Omma, the leader of the Saminuorra the youth perspective is often missing in these kinds of processes, so there is a need for the youth to explain their own lives with their own words and how this process affects them and how they believe that they have a future in reindeer husbandry in Härjedalen. Visit the blog here (in Swedish) Read the press release from the Saami Council about the case here on the Reindeer Portal.
Regular operation of the 572 km long railroad to its terminal point – the Karskaya station – was launched in February 15. The line connects major regional installations like the Bovanenkovo gas field with national key infrastructure. The Obskaya-Bovanenkovo railway line will enable Gazprom to easily ship huge quantities of goods and construction materials to its field development sites in Yamal. “The opening of this railway will facilitate all-year-round, quick, cost efficient and not-weather-dependent transport of goods and personnel to the fields in Yamal under the harsh Arctic conditions, a press release from Gazprom reads. Unline other Russian railway lines, the Obskaya-Bovanenkovo line is owned by Gazprom. As previously reported, the Russian Railways have been invited to take over the line, but has shown little interest. In addition to railway and field development in Yamal, Gazprom is also investing in the laying of the Bovanenkovo-Ukhta gas pipeline.
(Arctic Sounder) Pacific Environment, an international environmental NGO focused on protecting the living environment of the Pacific Rim, will travel to Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) in Russia (March 7-16) with a group of indigenous leaders from the Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope, as part of a cultural and informational exchange to strengthen ties between these communities in an effort to foster supportive relationships across the Arctic and identify opportunities for collaboration, a press release from the group said. This 10-day exchange will bring leaders working on indigenous issues and a traditional way of life from Alaska’s Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope to the Sakha Republic to meet with Evenk tribal and NGO leaders and officials in several Sakha villages. The Evenk community in Sakha, a traditional reindeer-herding culture, is working to protect its culture and way of life in the face of increasing resource extraction activities and industrial development. Through the exchange, indigenous leaders will convene to share experiences and to learn from each other. Participants will discuss their communities’ approach to protecting sacred traditional lands, participation in decision-making processes regarding natural resource use, and community leaders’ experience negotiating with resource extraction companies and monitoring industrial projects. Continue reading Alaska tribes, environmentalists work with reindeer herders in Russia
 This is a media article in Russian from Sakha News about the planning of a second major gas pipeline. This will potentially add another pipeline to the East Siberian Pacific pipeline which although only operative for a year, has already had reports of accidents – see route of the ESPO here). This new pipeline will bisect the pastures of Evenki herders and disturb their cemetaries and if this route is selected, will not follow the route of the already constructed pipeline.Evenki are urging Gazprom to re-route a pipeline away from one of its settlements in Yakutia. “We are not against progress or economic development, but we feel like we are the ones who will suffer from this,” the group said in a petition, signed by 213 people. “Our reindeer pastures and hunting sites are being seized, rivers are being poisoned and fish are disappearing.” Gazprom is reluctant to change the path of a new link from the Chayandinskoye oil and gas reserves to Khabarovsk, saying it will cost an extra $1.67 billion, RIA Novosti reported. A public hearing will be held on March 11, in the community of Neryungri.
Becoming a reindeer herder is a process of lifelong learning..starting from the very beginning
A reindeer herder put it to the Reindeer Blog in a different way – ‘This is what happens when you don’t have reindeer herders!’ Read the comic book strip here.
The world’s fourth largest mining company Anglo American is conducting exploratory drillings in the same area in order to find nickel, copper, and gold deposits. Almost 100 people are working on samples and test drillings in the area. The Canadian mining company First Quantum is also making exploratory drillings. The company is building a mine and an enrichment plant in Kevitsa, a good ten kilometres away from Kersilö. Both companies have lodged a claim application with the Finnish MInistry of Employment and the Economy in order to examine further the deposits in Sodankylä. Continue reading Reindeer husbandry and ore prospecting interests clash in Finnish Lapland
Research by Sami experts shows that sterilized males can grow larger and so are better at digging for food — as Arctic temperatures vary more, thawing snow often refreezes to form thick ice over lichen pastures. Neutered males are more able to break through ice with their hooves or antlers, and seem more willing than other males to move aside and share food with calves that can die of starvation in bad freeze-thaw winters like 2000-01. “To make herds more resilient in the future, we need to re-learn the traditional knowledge of castration,” said professor Svein Mathiesen, coordinator of the University of the Arctic’s Institute of Circumpolar Reindeer Husbandry. Continue reading Castration seen as climate change aid for reindeer
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