Category Archives: News

A US journal Pacific Standard discusses the plans for the Arctic Railway and preliminary Snowchange assessments which we did for the Sámi Council. Also it reflects on the China geopolitics and presence in the region. Article available here.

Summer is here. Fish traps in North Karelia are full of vendace and both rewilding work, monitoring and international conferences are about to start. The season is the biggest ever in Snowchange history in terms of restoration and community-led climate … Continue reading →

Paul Molyneaux is visiting Snowchange fisheries  in North Karelia, Finland this week. He will visit Selkie at the HQ with fish traps on lake Palojärvi and then spend the day in Puruvesi and in the region visiting with fishing communities in … Continue reading →

In an effort to better address the needs of the Indigenous-rights movement at the grassroots level in the Arctic region, Land is Life has partnered with Snowchange Cooperative, to launch our Indigenous-Led Grantmaking initiative in the North American Arctic. This … Continue reading →

Snowchange fisherman Lauri Hämäläinen travelled last weekend to the SlowFish 2019 event in Genoa, Italy. He premiered the “Koitajoki” river seining film and met with other small-scale fishermen.  Lauri reports: “Chiara Meta and her family hosted me. They were very … Continue reading →

Anna Aleksandrovna Kaurgina, a Chukchi Elder from the village of Kolymskaya, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia, has passed away. Between 2004 and 2019 she was a leader in a fight against climate change and for revitalisation of the Chukchi nomadic lifestyle and traditions. … Continue reading →

Snowchange as a part of the EU project “Kepler” has been working with Indigenous and local communities in Northern Sweden, Finnish Sámi areas, NW Russia and Coastal Norway to combine Indigenous and local community voices with scientists to assess and … Continue reading →

Finnair has announced today it joins the Landscape Rewilding Programme coordinated by Snowchange for restoration of marshmires, wetlands and habitats relevant for traditional and Indigenous communities in Finland. Snowchange Cooperative is a Finnish non-profit science and nature conservation organisation, with projects … Continue reading →

Professional fisherman, knowledge holder Risto Hara was born in 1961. He was born into a family of nine siblings. He began working as a professional fisherman in 1993, but had been learning the trade from his father, with whom he … Continue reading →

Trout spawning and juvenile fish habitat restoration is well under way in river Jukajoki just prior to spring floods. The work will continue in Summer 2019 with further spawning areas to be restored after 70 years of a hiatus. Snowchange … Continue reading →