Skolt Sámi fishermen Jouko Moshnikoff and Teijo Feodoroff at winter nets in Spring 2014. Photo: Gleb Raygorodetsky, 2015.
YLE, the national news agency in Finland featured the Skolt Sámi and Snowchange Näätämö River Co-Managment Project yesterday in main news. The link to the news is here.
Main components of the news include:
– New partnership with the Sámi, Snowchange and ELOKA Project on digital mapping of the watershed
– Next steps in restoration and implementation of co-management steps
– Further documentation of Indigenous land use and occupancy of the basin