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Reindeer Ambassadors Project Underway - Blog Launched |
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Written by Philip Burgess
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010 18:54 |
 The Reindeer Ambassador programme is a joint project supported by the Swedish Sami Parliament with additional support by the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry and the Sami Reindeer Herders Association of Finland. The program targets young reindeer herders who want to invest in outreach information, and engage in reindeer husbandry policy issues. The trainee program runs for 17 months. The program is offered to six people each from Norway and Sweden, and two from Finland.
The Reindeer Ambassadors for 2010 have been chosen and they are Ellen Blind, Aslak Niillas Eira, Berit Marie Lise Eira, Lájlá Helene Eira, Majjen Eira, Ole Johan Eira, Margret Fjellström, Annele Gaup, Nila Jannok, Tuomas Aslak Juuso, Silja Jonsson, Marja-Kari Omma, Helena Partapouli, Keijo Pirttijärvi, Elen Anne Sara, Marja Lisa Thomasson, Isak Utsi, Sanne-Marja Utsi and Samuel Walkeapää.
Read more about the project here
Follow the Reindeer Ambassador Blog here
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WRH Attend Arctic Leaders Summit in Moscow - Photos |
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Written by Philip Burgess
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Monday, 19 April 2010 12:46 |
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 Chair of the Association of World Reindeer Herders, Mikhail Pogodaev recently attended the 5th Arctic Leaders Summit hosted by RAIPON, who were also celebrating their 20th anniversary. Major themes of up for discussion at the Summit were Indigenous peoples and industrial development and Indigenous peoples and climate change. Pogodaev made a presentation about reindeer herding and adaptation to climate change and loss of pastures and also spoke about the ongoing progress of the EALÁT project.
Pogodaev also met with the renowned Arctic explorer and politician Artur Chilingarov to whom he presented the book 'EALÁT - Reindeer Herders Voice'.
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Finnish Sami Reindeer Herders to Meet with UN Special Rapporteur, Rovaniemi |
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Written by Philip Burgess
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:59 |
 A conference of indigenous representatives and State officials from all the European Nordic countries opened in Finland today with a United Nations expert focusing on issues ranging from the status of Sami self-determination to education and language. Juha Magga, former leader of Suoma boazosamit, the Sami Reindeer Herders Association of Finland will present issues that are facing Sami reindeer herders in Finland - a unique case, as in Finland, the majority Finnish population make up the vast majority of reindeer herders in the country.
"I believe the visit [to the conference] will provide a unique and valuable opportunity for consultation and dialogue regarding issues throughout the Sápmi region," said UN Special Rapporteur on indigenous people, James Anaya, ahead of the gathering.
An independent, unpaid expert, he is mandated by the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council to monitor the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous people.
The three-day conference in Rovaniemi, Finland, will give Anaya the opportunity to hold open discussions on issues ranging from the status of Sami self-determination and the right to land, water and natural resources in the Sámpi region to the situation of children and youth, with a particular focus on education and language. He will also assess the various contributions by Nordic governments on indigenous issues to the UN human rights bodies.
He will hold both joint and separate meetings with indigenous non-governmental organizations (NGOs), governmental representatives and the Sami parliaments, after which he will issue a report on the human rights situation of the Sami people.
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Mining and Reindeer Can Mix? |
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Written by Philip Burgess
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Tuesday, 13 April 2010 14:34 |
 A multi stakeholder seminar was held in the Kautokeino, Norway yesterday which focussed on the issue of mining in Finnmark, an issue of some controversy in the region since the passing of the Finnmark Act which devolved desicion making powers over multiple resource issues to the region of Finnmark. The seminar was attended by the leader of the EALÁT project and several EALÁT partners including the leader of the Sami Reindeer Herders Association of Norway. Heavyweight politicians were present, including the Parliamentary leader of the governing Labour Party Helga Pedersen and the leader of the mining company Store Norske Gull, who have been active in staking claims most particularly in the Karasjok region. Pedersen was unequivocal in her support for the future development of mining in the the region, which reindeer herders fear will mean the further erosion of winter pastures that are already under duress. Pedersen told NRK Sami Radio
Both Finnmark society and the Sami community is entirely dependent on new activity. If one is to preserve the culture and language we are going to have to have new jobs for the youth in the Sami villages. You can not save the Sami culture simply by having Sami kindergarten at Tøyen in Oslo and courses in communities with cafe lattes, it has to happen here, "said Helga Pedersen told NRK Sámi Radio.
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UN Report on Reindeer Husbandry and Climate Change Now Available |
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Written by Philip Burgess
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Tuesday, 06 April 2010 20:49 |
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At its eighth session in May 2009, the Permanent Forum appointed Lars-Anders Baer, Member of the Permanent Forum, as Special Rapporteur to prepare a study on the matter of impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding and requested the report be submitted to the Permanent Forum’s ninth session in April 2010. Baer is a Sami from the Swedish side of Sapmi and is himself from a reindeer herding background
This Study on the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding is a synthesis of a more extended paper.
The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is held annually in New York, with this years meeting being held between 19-30 April.
Baer has prepared a synthesis report of 29 pages in extensive collaboration and cooåperation with the Association of World Reindeer Herders and the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry.
You can download the report here.
At its eighth session in May 2009, the Permanent Forum appointed Lars-Anders Baer, Member of the Permanent Forum, as Special Rapporteur to prepare a study on the matter of impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding and requested the report be submitted to the Permanent Forum’s ninth session in April 2010. Baer is a Sami from the Swedish side of Sapmi and is himself from a reindeer herding background
This Study on the impact of climate change adaptation and mitigation measures on reindeer herding is a synthesis of a more extended paper.The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is held annually in New York, with this years meeting being held between 19-30 April. Baer has prepared a synthesis report of 29 pages in extensive collaboration and cooåperation with the Association of World Reindeer Herders and the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry.
You can download the report here.
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