South Sami Reindeer Herders in Norway Under Pressure
(Pic - Torill Kolbu) There was an interesting interview with south Sami reindeer herder Jon Anders Mortensson in Ostlendingen today. Mortensson herding area is the Elgå reindeer district in the mountainous region of southern Norway. In this region there are six herding families, in all about 35 people, herding around 3000 reindeer.
Mortensson stressed the importance [...]
Posted: July 17th, 2008 under Norway, Predation, Reindeer Herders.
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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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