So said the daily leader in the national Swedish newspaper Expressen, which was translated into Norwegian and carried on the NRK Sami Radio network. The article argues that as only 200 of Sweden’s 20,000 Sami are reindeer herders. In comparing the Sami to the people of Gotland ‘who have lived there since the stone age’ [...]
(Pic-Kommersant) In a closed door meeting with President Putin, Shell’s chief executive Jeroen van der Veer (left in picture, Northern Sakhalin covered with oil rigs) announced that Shell planned to target the Yamal Peninsula and the Kara Sea in a ‘giant’ way. The Yamal Peninsula is the world’s largest area of reindeer husbandry. A working [...]
An article in the Sami newspaper Assu this week (Nr. 91, Nov. 6, 2007) by Ellen Inga Kristine Haetta outlined the difficulties faced by reindeer herders in Norway as a result of the strict interpretation of an EU Directive on castration practices, turning reindeer herders into ‘lawbreakers’. Although Norway is not a member of the [...]
(Pic - Helsingin Sanomat)The coverage of the force slaughtering case in Nellim received attention from the UN according to a report in Helsingin Sanomat. A letter was sent and signed by the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples, Rodolfo Stavenhagen of Mexico, as well as Pakistani Hina Jilani, [...]
(Pic - Barents Observer) Gazprom’s plans for 2008 place the development of Yamal at the top of their agenda, according to their recent press release. The region is also home to the largest area of reindeer husbandry in the world. From the press release…
The major gas production projects are as follows: constructing infrastructure for the [...]
Outside reindeer husbandry, predation is not generally considered to be a serious problem. Figures from the Troms reindeer husbandry region demonstrate that is represents a considerable challenge to reindeer husbandry and one that has real economic costs associated with it. Reindeer herders claims amounted to 10 Million NOK (1.2 Million EURO) but the County awarded only 4.5 [...]
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