The Snowchange Project

End of the year for Snowchange activities - 

Record high temperatures are preventing the ice net fishing season in Karelia

and the Saami reindeer herders of Sweden and Finland as well as Kola are

suffering from warmest temperatures on record.

However, several activities are under way here:

1. COP and Copenhagen:

Snowchange will participate in the UNFCCC COP in Copenhagen in the frame

of the Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Assessment as well as Saami work.

We have prepared a poster session and a booklet and our representative in 

Copenhagen will be mrs. Jessica LeClair.

First Snowchange related event will be at Klimaforum on the 9th from 16.00 to 18.00.

in Venue 3. It will include short presentations and the poster sessions.

Next sessions will be annouced at the Klimaforum. The booklets and posters

are available as PDF from here, please ask.

2. Visit of Australian Aboriginals to Selkie and to Sevettijärvi

Following the steps outlined in the Mahinekura Declaration, one year old now,

a visit from Traditional Knowledge Revival Pathways (TKRP)will take place

Dec 1st to 10th. Visits and public events will be made to Saami areas and to the

village of Selkie.

"TKRP was developed from the aspirations of Indigenous Elders, to preserve and

recognise Traditional Indigenous Knowledge. Through a grass roots methodology,

we are connecting indigenous groups to their traditional knowledge for the benefit

of environmental and community wellbeing - for all present and future generations."

3. Other international events

Progress and work on the Arctic Biodiversity Assessment, Eastern Saami Atlas and

Chukchi Conference for April 2010 continues as desribed before.

Please contact if any questions

Tero