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Luleälven: Quote from an interview carried out by the Snowchange Project - Northern Indigenous Observations of Ecological and Climate Change Project. Tampere Polytechnic, Finland 2004; Novy Vasyugan and Kuyumba: T. Sonne and C. Slyngborg (2002) When oil came to town. Published on a CD-rom SIBERIA 2003 © UNEP GRID-Arendal/ RAIPON/ Nordisk Film TV; Halkavarre: C. Nellemann and I. Vistnes New bombing ranges and their impact on Sami traditions in Polar Environment Times no. 3 (October 2003)

 

 

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Traditional practices, infrastructure and development

Year: 2006 Author: Hugo Ahlenius, Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal
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Indigneous peoples have lived in Arctic for thousands of years, and continue to depend upon the natural resources of the region today. Their traditional subsistence practices include hunting, trapping, fishing and reindeer herding. All of which are conducted in a sustainable manner; that is, in a way that does not lead to long-term or large-scale degredation of the environment. However, the balance they have achieved with the environment through their traditional practices is being disrupted by new development. New pipelines, roads, holiday-cabin settlements, and expanded military training areas are examples of spreading infrastructure that compress the ranges available for reindeer herding. Clear felling of forests (a particular problem in parts of northern Russia) depletes a renewable resource of fuel, and a place to harvest supplementary foods like berries and mushrooms. Substandard installations for the oil & gas industry, and polluting mineral processing facilities threaten large-scale devestation of the environment.
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