Nuunoq, a knowledge holder and a Disko Bay hunter and staff member Kaisu Mustonen in Aasiaat, Greenland, December 2017.
As 2017 draws to a close, we wish to thank all partners, friends, allies and supporters. 2017 was a big year, with operational work in the Näätämö Skolt Sámi catchment area, on Jukajoki, and lake Kuivasjärvi restorations as well as the international partnerships in Russia, British Columbia and NWT in Canada as well as forming new relations on the Elwha river in Washington, USA and with the Greenlandic hunters in Aasiaat. Purchase of Linnunsuo in the spring with Re-wilding Europe transformed the organisation into new directions. Puruvesi winter seining saw a documentary film being released and being included into the National Registry of Cultural Heritage in Finland. The Science journal paper on Species on the Move and other scientific releases complemented the year.
Uilu harvesting capelin, Summer 2017.
As we look forwards to 2018, several events will be underway early in the year:
- Näätämö Skolt Sámi restoration, monitoring and database work will expand considerably, with announcements in January.
- Jukajoki restoration moves forwards to trout and grayling spawning areas and more wetland units in the catchment area.
- The Greenlandic-Sámi-Finnish report “Deepening Voices” will be released in early January
- We ll present our key operations at the ISAR-5 in Japan and renew relations with the Ainu of Hokkaido in January.
- The visual histories archives of Snowchange will be unveiled in a new platform soon.
- Solar panel work continues in Siberia thanks to new support from the Hogan-Lovells support.
- Oral history report from river Koitajoki, in Finland will be released in March
- Expanding the community-to-community exchanges, we plan to host a Tahltan First Nations and Tongaporutu Maori delegations here in Finland in 2018.
- Festival of Northern Fishing Traditions is slated to be organised in September, 2018 in Tornio, Finland
- And many more, watch this space for announcements.
Intercontinental Cry and Re-Wilding Europe report on Snowchange end of the year activities as well.
With that we ll see already great 2018! See you starting in early January with major annoucements.
Snows of Sámi community of Purnumukka.