Spring is early in Finland but with lots of news from Snowchange HQ.
A month of community visits and public appearances turns towards its end.
In mid-March an extensive visit to the communities of Inari, Ivalo and Sevettijärvi was organised in cooperation with Dr. Gleb Raygorodetsky from the UNU and Dennis Martinez, USA, from the Indigenous Peoples Restoration Network. Hosting Sámi organisation was of course Sámi Nue’tt. Fisheries, sites of spawning restoration, oral histories and future plans were reviewed and all actions were successful.
Starting 13th Match visits were made to the city of Murmansk, with meetings with the regional authorities from the environmental and hydrological services, as well as a two day workshop in Lovozero community with the participants from along the Ponoi river watershed. All events produced concrete plans for the work 2014-2015, and you can learn more if you take contact with us.
From 21st March to 7th April extensive tour of Snowchange partner communities was made in Republic of Sakha-Yakutia, Russia, together with Chris Madine, from the Arkleton Trust UK, as well as ELOKA Project. Visits were made to:
– Iengra and Neriungri, Evenk homelands
– Nomadic communities of Turvaurgin and Nutendli, including the tundra camps
– Participation in the “Modern Reindeer Technologies” workshop and festivities in Cherskii, Lower Kolyma
This visit was made possible by the Northern Forum and the Institute of Indigenous Peoples, Russian Academy of Sciences, the long-term partners of Snowchange as well as all local community partners.
8th April to 11th April Tero Mustonen and Vyacheslav Shadrin participated in the Arctic Observation Summit, Helsinki, Finland to present results of these trips and discuss cooperation with the ELOKA and other partners. Media appearances followed.
Turning to Spring work, fisheries will begin at ice-break up, and new announcements are to come towards end of April about summer work.
Take contact if questions.
tero