Author Archives: Snowchange

Summer draws to a close. Snowchange delegates depart for international events and a US tour to visit and discuss the decadal work and priorities ahead. Domestically Sámi restoration in Sevettijärvi and boreal rewilding switch to high gear. A series of … Continue reading →

Snowchange work with the Skolt Sámi is featured in a new peer-reviewed science article. The article discusses species on the move because of climate change and the human responses to this phenomena. Global understanding of climate change has developed strongly … Continue reading →

Summer is here and a busy, exciting Snowchange time ahead. Summer newsletter captures main news of the season. Summer has arrived in Karelia and in Finland. Snowchange summer will work across the Arctic and boreal: Finally thanks to all who … Continue reading →

Spring newsletter reviews the big turns of the winter and spring and looks to the busy summer ahead at HQ. Spring and early summer are here! A range of updates from across the Snowchange realm: Check back for a summer … Continue reading →

Snowchange and Tero Mustonen, the Chair are thankful for the continued congratulations around the world regarding the recent Goldman Environmental Prize! We are humbled by the width and scope of the prize impact! Thank you all ! Work continues next … Continue reading →

The French-German TV Channel Arte has released a full documentary. It features Snowchange. A large Sámi forest realizes rewilding and community rights. Arte has released a full documentary on peatlands in Europe, titled “Es lebe das Moor”. It features several … Continue reading →

Today is the International Women’s Day. Snowchange celebrates the women involved in the fisheries in the Cooperative together with LIFE – Low Impact Fishers of Europe. Snowchange fisheries involve many female experts. Noora Huusari, our Head of Human Resources handles … Continue reading →

The Interreg CHERISH Project is winding down. Snowchange experts release a Pan-European Policy Brief on traditional knowledge and the small-scale fishers. The policy brief highlights the endangered role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) across Europe. In this brief TEK is … Continue reading →

The European Commission and the Government of Greenland will jointly organise the EU Arctic Forum and Indigenous Peoples’ Dialogue in Nuuk, Greenland, on 8-9 February 2023. Snowchange staff and Steering Members in attendance. The European Commission and the Government of … Continue reading →

Snowchange staff and friends has discovered the very first inland ancient labyrinth or “Troy Town” from Arctic Finland. Following a public announcement from the Museum of Lapland in late 2022, Snowchange can confirm that Jaakko Pohjoismäki originally in 2021 and … Continue reading →