South Sami Reindeer Herders fear for the Future
(Visualisation of proposed wind power megaproject from Vernfosen)
Reindeer herders in the South Sami regions in Norway fear for their future, in a story from yesterdays NRK Sami Radio. Reindeer herder Terje Haugen is the head of the Fosen reindeer husbandry district (North of Trondheim). Much of his time over the last few years has been taken up with [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Rights, loss of pastures, wind power.
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We are Ready to Fight!
The annual NBR NRL meeting is now over and Nils Henrik Sara from Guovdageaidnu has been reelected as leader. He has a lot of serious issues to preside over - two that were in the media this weekend were the enormous increase in wind power development plans and another being the gender balance on the board.
Arvid Jåma, a [...]
Posted: June 15th, 2008 under Sapmi, loss of pastures, wind power.
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