Reindeer Blog

A proposal on a new convention on cross-border reindeer grazing between Norway and Sweden is now completed. The two countries’ negotiating delegations finished their work in Stockholm 24 February, and the negotiation results are now submitted to Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Norway and the Agriculture Ministry in Sweden for further follow-up.

ICR Director Anders Oskal was interviewed by NRK Sami Radio on January 29th about the impacts of oil and gas development on Nenets reindeer husbandry. Oskal pointed out that there were a great many actors on the scene, some of whom are not willing to negotiate with reindeer herders. Oskal also said that on his recent [...]

Today is reindeer day for the Nenets people of the Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug, where the reindeer is celebrated, along with festivities and cultural events, which are being held in Naryan Mar. Further East, a new nature reserve has been approved for Vaigach Island in the western Russian Arctic by the Nenets Autonomous District administration, [...]

ICR have added a new photo gallery to the Reindeer Portal that graphically illustrates the people and landscapes that reindeer interact with..

The leaders of NBR-NRL at their AGM recently urged for an assessment of nuclear power as a power source, pointing out that all forms of power development impact reindeer husbandry, including wind power, which is generally thought of as being more environmentally benign and there are plans for extensive development of wind power on the [...]

World Environment Day was launched in Tromsø today, and IPY IPO Director David Carlsen was a keynote speaker where he chose from the hundreds of IPY projects the EALÁT project as one of IPY highlights. He also showed a short interview with World Reindeer Herders Association Secretary General Johan Mathis Turi which highlighted the importance [...]

ICR provided pictures of reindeer husbandry and EALÁT materials to support Saami Council President Ole Mathis Eira on his speaking tour of the US accompanied by former ICC President Sheila Watt-Cloutier among others.

EALAT Work Package 1 Meeting in Oslo today. EALAT Project leaders Ole Henrik Magga and Svein Mathiesen, ICR Director Anders Oskal and EALAT team members Inger Marie Gaup Eira are in Oslo today meeting with Inger Hanssen Bauer and Eirik Førland at the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.

ICR Director Anders Oskal was in Bardufoss this week making a presentation to the Crisis Response Group which comprises of people from the reindeer herding districts of Troms County and the Reindeer Husbandry Administration (Reindriftsforvaltningen) and the Food and Drug Administration (Mattilsynet). Topics covered included climate change and the ACIA report and added a circumpolar perspective. He also [...]

 ICR provides a lot of photographs regarding our work with the EALAT project, snow and snow change. GRID Arendal are preparing a report called Global Outlook for Ice and Snow and ICR provided images by Lars Miguel Utsi and Inger Marie Gaup Eira, both EALAT team members. We also provided images for GoNorth, a University of Lapland, [...]