The main historic trajectory in property rights to land was the development of more exclusive rights by the dissolution of common property. In the Swedish lappmarks the opposite occurred, and by the ...

Reindeer herds across Sápmi, the sami homeland that straddles arctic Norway, Sweden, Finland and the Kola Peninsula in Russia have been facing extreme conditions, including freezing temperatures ...

The European Commission's recent approval of 47 strategic projects aimed at mining and processing raw minerals, has been ...

The Sámi are a semi-nomadic Indigenous people who practice traditional reindeer herding in northern ... territories—notably for prospective mining activities. The petitioners argued that ...

The Go Jetters are in snowy Norway to learn about the reindeer that are cared for by the local Sami people. The Go Jetters are in snowy Norway to learn about the reindeer that are cared for by the ...

Over time, those log cabins were transformed into Santa Claus Village, home to Father Christmas, reindeer, and various “Sami” experiences. This isolated spot on the Artic Circle, close to the town of ...

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