Category Archives: News

Spring is early in Finland but with lots of news from Snowchange HQ. A month of community visits and public appearances turns towards its end. In mid-March an extensive visit to the communities of Inari, Ivalo and Sevettijärvi was organised … Continue reading →

In early 2014 Snowchange was involved in the watershed restoration activities in the Kuivasjärvi area, Parkano, Western Finland, with several key traditional knowledge interviews, land use documentation and visits to the fisheries made. The watershed ecological work will expand through … Continue reading →

In the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Snowchange, the Cooperative was re-organised. Tero and Kaisu Mustonen will continue to work in and maintain the Cooperative, and other Finnish members have left the organisation. Main international and those domestic activities of … Continue reading →

Nutendli, one of the partner communities of Snowchange, located in the Lower Kolyma, Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia, has been hit with a horrible tragedy. Igor Kemlil (son of Vitali Kemlil, leader of Nutendli), together with his wife Tanya and their … Continue reading →

Winter is here and net and seining harvests are about to begin, they are well under way in Sámi areas further North. After the workshop and release of the new Jokkmokk Sámi book in Sweden, Snowchange Co-op has been busy … Continue reading →

Mourning the Loss of Two Prominent Elders, Chukchi Petr Innokentievich Kaurgin and Evenk Semion Stepanovich Vasiliev from Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia Snowchange Cooperative joins in mourning for Prominent Elder Petr Innokentievich Kaurgin From Lower Kolyma, Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia. The village of Kolymskaya and … Continue reading →

Snowchange Cooperative worked extensively with the local communities in North Karelia to assist them in challenging an international mining company and its plans for uranium exploration in the Pielisjoki watershed, a major river of national significance. Yesterday the company pulled out of Finland. More … Continue reading →

Autumn is here and Snowchange releases another major Sámi book, titled It is the Sámi who own this land – Sacred Landscapes and Oral Histories of the Jokkmokk Sámi in Jokkmokk, Sweden (Ajtte Museum) at 19th October 2013, starting 15:00 … Continue reading →

Best of early Autumn from Snowchange Cooperative. The season looks to be very busy with a lot of community and research work. First of, three teams of Snowchange researchers have visited the remote wilderness communities of Kanevka, Sosnovka (coast) and … Continue reading →

After the succesful release of Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, Arctic Resilience Report and the Neiden-Ponoi Collaborative Management Plans, Snowchange participates in the launch of a management and restoration plan for the heavily damaged Jukajoki watershed in North Karelia on 8th June … Continue reading →