Author Archives: Snowchange

Since mid-February the community work in Snowchange has increased towards the spring. Between 27th February and 6th March, visits were made: – Swedish-Finnish Border River Commission, Torneå: Discussions on a renewed focus on cultural fisheries of the catchment area – … Continue reading →

In December and January Snowchange and the local partners, HOC and coordinators, organised series of community workshops in the remote wilderness communities of Kola Peninsula devoted to the 2006-2015 work along the Ponoi river, one of the most significant Atlantic … Continue reading →

Snowchange Cooperative has been coordinating school work between the Unalakleet school in Bering Straight School District, Alaska, USA, the village school of Norya, Republic of Udmurtia, Russia and the school of Selkie, North Karelia, Finland now for seven years. This … Continue reading →

With the trailer expected to arrive in a few weeks, the promotional posters of the two films focusing on traditional knowledge, habitat restoration and Selkie have been released today online.          

Snowchange and collaborators release a new science paper on community based monitoring, titled: “The Contributions of Community-Based Monitoring and Traditional Knowledge to Arctic Observing Networks: Reflections on the State of the Field“, published in the Arctic journal. The paper is available … Continue reading →

Snowchange, together with all community and project partners, teams again with the UN Association of Finland to release a set of high-quality English-language posters about the first collaborative management project in Finland, the Näätämö River Co-Management Plan.  The posters with … Continue reading →

Snowchange Cooperative joins in mourning for the loss of a prominent scholar of the Eastern Sámi languages, cultures and regions – mr. Leif Rantala. Mr. Rantala was a long-time Lecturer of Sámi languages at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. … Continue reading →

“So Near, So Far” is a recent paper by long-time collaborator of Snowchange, John Macdonald from Canada. Mr. Macdonald, together with the local Inuit Elders of Igloolik, has been working with the Igloolik Oral History Project since 1980s. With publication … Continue reading →

During a recent performance, the Grammy-award winning music group Tinariwen came out supporting Snowchange and the forest struggles in Finland.  Snowchange is grateful for this growing international support and awaits further dialogue with Metsähallitus on the issues this week. (thanks to … Continue reading →

Powerful cultural entity joins in the debate. The national Kalevala Association takes a public stand to defend old growth forests against Metsähallitus in another location of Karelian cultural zone, in Kainuu region, Finland. “This is about the cultural heritage, of … Continue reading →