Author Archives: Snowchange
Snowchange Highlights Female Fishers on the International Women’s Day – Noora, Karoliina and Minna are the keys to our fishing success
Today is the International Women’s Day. Snowchange celebrates the women involved in the fisheries in the Cooperative together with LIFE – Low Impact Fishers of Europe. Snowchange fisheries involve many female experts. Noora Huusari, our Head of Human Resources handles … Continue reading
New Policy Brief on the Traditional Knowledge of Fisheries in Europe; CHERISH Project Winds Down
The Interreg CHERISH Project is winding down. Snowchange experts release a Pan-European Policy Brief on traditional knowledge and the small-scale fishers. The policy brief highlights the endangered role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) across Europe. In this brief TEK is … Continue reading
Heading to Greenland: EU Arctic Forum Kicks of the 2023 International Events
The European Commission and the Government of Greenland will jointly organise the EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue in Nuuk, Greenland, on 8-9 February 2023. Snowchange staff and Steering Members in attendance. The European Commission and the Government of … Continue reading
An Archaeological Breakthrough Starts the Year
Snowchange staff and friends has discovered the very first inland ancient labyrinth or “Troy Town” from Arctic Finland. Following a public announcement from the Museum of Lapland in late 2022, Snowchange can confirm that Jaakko Pohjoismäki originally in 2021 and … Continue reading
Tumultuous Year Ends With Support for Sámi Forests and Messages from the Bering Sea
2022, a tumultous year draws to a close with major news of a support from Sweden to the Sámi forest rewilding and restoration. Additionally, a new science paper highlights the work with the Inupiaq in Unalakleet, Alaska. Snowchange Arctic Rewilding … Continue reading
Monitoring Environmental Changes in Tahltan Territory
Snowchange and Curtis Rattray, an Indigenous leader from the Tahltan Nation and TWILD‘s co-lead for community-led environmental monitoring developed steps to check out the feasibility of setting up a field monitoring camp in the Tuya Mountain area. They wanted to fly into … Continue reading
Washington Post Highlights the Sámi Efforts in Forests and Snowchange Rewilding
Washington Post in the US has published a large piece on the Snowchange rewilding efforts and Sámi steps to protect the last forests. You can see the article here.
Saying Goodbye to Two Knowledge Holders In Finland
November brought news of two losses in Finland. We are saying goodbye to knowledge holders – Sakari Luisenniemi from lake Kuivasjärvi in Parkano and Jorma Sonninen, originally from Outokumpu, North Karelia. Sakari Luisenniemi from lake Kuivasjärvi in Parkano lived to … Continue reading
What Meanings Rewilded Places Can Have?
Snowchange is collaborating with IUCN and Swedish Biodiversity Center in Biodiversa NARROW project to explore meaning, narratives and positioning of rewilded places and waters. The first science paper has been released to document and discuss the knowns and the unknowns … Continue reading
Understanding the New Fire: Lake Baikal, NE Siberia and Heart of Eurasia in Focus
Understanding the New Fire project, a joint action by Snowchange and Montpelier and Hampshire Foundations, attempted to summarize the moment in time regarding the proliferating fires of Siberia, understand them from a scientific and Indigenous viewpoint and offer solutions. However, … Continue reading