The three sisters are members of a reindeer herding family from the Kova ... and informed consent of the community to begin these mining projects. However, if they were to at least engage in ...

mining or wind farms. A 2016 report estimated that in the last 60 years, Sweden had suffered a 71% decline in its lichen-rich forests, which provide essential food for reindeer during winter.

The group comprises roughly 80,000 people spread out across northern Scandinavia and is commonly associated with a semi-nomadic lifestyle of reindeer ... and solar farms, mining rare metals ...

"But it won't be enough, so we will need mining for many years to come." However, Sami reindeer herders say the mine will slice up their herding district, and that more animals will be killed in ...

It also delves into issues facing the Sámi, such as the killing of reindeer.Credit ... grew up outside Kiruna, a mining city 200 kilometers north of the Arctic Circle. Early in life, she ...

Mines already sited there have caused pollution, devastated ecosystems, poisoned reindeer forage ... AB (LKAB), the 100% state-owned Swedish mining company. Kiruna is one of the nine out of ...

Yeah, for sure. Ryan Knutson: Then there are Sami people who've long seen mining in northern Sweden as a threat, especially to their centuries-old practice of reindeer herding. Kim Mackrael ...

Its director conducted pseudo-scientific examinations on the Sami, often involving children ... the migration and grazing patterns of the reindeer. Mining threat to the Sámi way of life Mining ...

Meanwhile, Sami leaders and Swedes attend a city council meeting. Businessmen want to put a massive mining operation smack ... negative impact on the reindeer herds, but the Samis’ concerns ...