Author Archives: Snowchange

Māori Elder, Champion of the language, Orator, Knowledge Holder, Spiritual Person Te Huirangi Eruera Waikerepuru has left his whanau, hapu and iwi in Taranaki, Aoteoroa (New Zealand). Snowchange joins in remembering this one of the most remarkable Indigenous leaders of all … Continue reading →

A third ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) has been formally established in Finland in early April. “GoldCrest” is a small Old-Growth Forest (OGF) site important to the local Selkie village. The forest was under threat of a clear cut, … Continue reading →

Snowchange joins in mourning when two prominent national environmentalists are gone – Markku Aho from North Karelia and fisherman Pentti Linkola from Ritvala in Häme region. Markku Aho succumbed to cancer in December 2019. He was in his late 60s … Continue reading →

Warmest winter on records in Finland has turned to spring with black birds, lapwings and many other migratory birds on their way to the boreal and the Arctic. Seining season for Snowchange crew ended historically short but was uplifted by … Continue reading →

A new peer-reviewed science paper has been released that brings forth the situation of the Evenki of Iyengra in Southern Siberia. Evenki co-researched with Snowchange teams between 2005-2020 both social and environmental change and its meanings. More specifically, this article studies … Continue reading →

The importance and relevance of Indigenous Knowledge and Local Knowledge in responding to the challenge of anthropogenic climate change is recognized by policymakers and academics. The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) in its recent Global Assessment … Continue reading →

Climate changed winter has hit the fisheries across boreal Finland like never before. Winter seining has been delayed for months, if to begin at all, and ice conditions are a memory of a “normal” winter. Snowchange rises to the challenge … Continue reading →

A Billion Burnt Animals, East Coast on Fire, ScoMo in Hawaii – Could this have been averted? Indigenous knowledge holders in Australia think so. Victor Steffensen, Indigenous Australian based in Queensland and Snowchange regional coordinator for Australia, learned traditional burning … Continue reading →

Snowchange has been working with the Tribal Village of Unalakleet for close to 20 years on Indigenous knowledge and science of climate change. In order to see how the children in their community see their situation and things to come, we publish … Continue reading →

The Ecologist has published an article reviewing the current, on-going collapse of the winter seining conditions in Finland. Winter seiners have written to the EU Commissioner and DG Mare regarding their situation. The article features Snowchange communal fishery and calls … Continue reading →