Author Archives: Snowchange
Oceans-Wide Relief
Snowchange opens Oceans-Wide Relief, a small grants programme for the marine Arctic and Pacific communities. It will be available also in 2022. Marine communities are often the guardians and recipients of system change under way in the Arctic and the … Continue reading
Snowchange Wins the St. Andrews Prize 2021!
Snowchange Co-op has won the The St Andrews Prize for the Environment. It is one of the most prestigious and largest environmental global prizes. The award goes to the Landscape Rewilding Programme of Snowchange. The cash prize is 100,000 USD. Tero Mustonen … Continue reading
Oral Historian, Elder Alexey Kemlil Remembered
Oral historian, Elder, Knowledge holder Alexey Kemlil from Lower Kolyma, Sakha-Yakutia, Russia has passed on. Snowchange mourns the loss and remembers a remarkable reindeer herder, fisherman and keeper of Chukchi culture. Elder Alexey Kemlil was born in Lower Kolyma, more … Continue reading
Warming world, changing ocean: mitigation and adaptation to support resilient marine systems
A new science article reviews mitigation and adaptation issues for a climate-hit ocean around the world. Indigenous viewpoints are included. Article is available here. There was no part of the world’s Ocean where traditional and Indigenous peoples did not travel, … Continue reading
Rewilding Work as a Finalist for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment
We re delighted to announce that the Landscape Rewilding Programme of Snowchange has been selected to be a Finalist for the St Andrews Prize for the Environment, one of the most prestigious environmental prizes. The Jury says: “Originally founded in 2000, … Continue reading
Climate Change and Unalakleet: A Deep Analysis
A new science paper, capturing 20 years of work in Western Alaska, and reviewing options of actions under climate change, is now released. The paper is here. This multi-disciplinary science and Indigenous knowledge assessment paper reviews over 20 years of … Continue reading
First Ever Microplastics Detected in the Näätämö Arctic River, Two Year Monitoring Mission Documents Urgent Changes
Snowchange has led the implementation of a large-scale monitoring mission in Russia, Finland and Norway Arctic regions from 2020 to 2021 -“Waters of Health”. It was funded by Nordic Environmental Finance Corporation – NEFCO (The Programme for Environment and Climate Co-operation-PECC). … Continue reading
Nationally Relevant, Extremely Complex Rewilding Process of Linnunsuo Peatland Comes to an End
Linnunsuo peatland complex, a wetland and a degraded peatland, totaling 180 hectares, in the village of Selkie, North Karelia, Finland comes to a successful end. Rewilding Linnunsuo alleviates loading to river Jukajoki, emerges as a carbon sink and a bird … Continue reading
Channel 4 Features Snowchange, And a New CCAG Report Out
Channel 4 News in the UK is featuring Snowchange staff and issues from Selkie and Sámi areas. Available here. The new CCAG report on Extreme Events is out here.
Extreme Events of the Arctic: Public Meeting of the CCAG
Extreme Events of the Arctic Webinar will happen 29th July, 2021 to review and discuss the recent events from Canada, Finland, Siberia, Greenland and the impact of Arctic on the extreme events in more southern latitudes. Co-inciding with the webinar … Continue reading