Reindeer Blog

Ingen sänkt bensinskatt för rennäringen / No lowered Fuel duty for reindeerhusbandry Regeringen har för flera år sen sänkt skatten för bränsle som används i jord- och skogsbruk. Men när det gäller skattelättnader för bränsle i rennäringen så säger regeringen nej. ”Diskriminering”, menar renägarförbundet. The government has for several years ago lowered the tax on [...]

Samebyarna får fortsätta att vänta på besked om när resterande rovdjursersättningar kan betalas ut av Sametinget. Sametingets begäran om mera pengar från regeringen, internbereds fortfarande.Allt talar för att Sametinget antingen får låna av sina egna pengar för nästa år, eller att Finansdepartementet går med på att utöka checkkrediten för Sametinget med nio miljoner kronor. Det [...]

Although the deal to get start up aid from Sami Parliament will be two months, many of the reindeer who sought assistance had to wait up to one year. Margret Fjell Power waited almost a year and a half for clearance and she is very critical to the Sámi Parliament slow processing. Trots att handläggningstiden [...]

So said Toomas Ilves, the President of Estonia, as he marched his delegation out of last weeks Finno Ugric Congress in Khanty Mansisk. Ilves even called for the European Union to become engaged in protecting Finno Ugric languages. These remarks were designed to irritate Russia, no doubt, as more than 2 million Finno Ugrian people [...]

(Picture / story Russia Today 21042008)Reindeer breeding accounts for 90% of the agriculture in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District in northern Russia. The industry’s export markets include Germany, Italy, Greece and Latvia. But producers are facing logistics problems trying to expand.Reindeer have been the main source of income for the Nenets people for centuries. There are [...]

(Yle Sami) Bohcobierggu haddi lea gorŋon lagábui 15 proseanta manjimus jagi áigge sihke Ruoŧas, Suomas ja Norggas. Gávppin lea šaddan divrasut oastit bohccobierggu, muhto dál maiddai boazoeaiggádat fitnejit buoret kilohatti. (English summary below) Mikkel Triumf eaiggáda njuovahaga MT slakt Kautokeino ja son jahkká ahte haddeloktaneapmi čatnasa čielgasit dasa ahte man ollu leat olbmot geat hálidit [...]

Due to the unseasonably mild winter conditions, including several days of rain and snow free conditions across the northern reindeer herding districts of Finland (Utsjoki, Inari and Enontekio) round ups were delayed in many reindeer herding cooperatives according to Lapin Kansa (30.12.2007), the regional newspaper.  In some cases, delays of up to a month were recorded. The [...]