Category Archives: News
Pacific Tour Announced
Snowchange delegates are headed over to the South Pacific for a widest ranging tour of the region in five years. Visits will include Indigenous Australian communities, Solomon Islands, Aotearoa and Taiwan. In Finland warm winter continues but seining is still … Continue reading
Mourning the Loss of Chief Ogar
Today all of Snowchange is in shock. Chief Edwin Ogar of Ekuri in Nigeria has passed away earlier today. We join the family and community in mourning this remarkable leader. Snowchange and the Ekuri have been collaborating for over a … Continue reading
Microplastics, Korppiaapa Peatland, Seining
February has begun with a very large peatland-forest complex of Korppiaapa joining the Landscape Rewilding Programme. In other news microplastics work is in the news in the US, Tahltan Event Database is highlighted in the High North and seining continues. … Continue reading
January Sees the Release of Tahltan Database, Winter Seining Under Way
January is here. We have a release of the much-anticipated Tahltan Database, winter seining is under way under prime ice conditions and rewilding work focuses on the Sub-Arctic Peatlands. As a part of the Arctic Passion EU Horizon project the … Continue reading
Merry Xmas and 2025 – Reindeer on the Way!
Thanks to all partners, friends, allies, foes and alike for a massive year! We wish all the best for 2025 and a great holiday season. We are back in action in early January. Please check out the story of the … Continue reading
Alttokangas: Sámi Conservation and Restoration ICCA
The Sámi forest of Alttokangas, 72 ha in size, is located in the municipality of Inari and is the first ICCA (Indigenous and Community Conserved Area) in the Sámi Home Area. ICCAs are protected by Indigenous Peoples and/or local communities … Continue reading
Climate Breakthrough Expands the Rewilding Programme Across the Boreal From Finland into North America
Climate Breakthrough Award will make it possible to enable peatland restoration and protection on several sites from Finland to North American boreal. Climate Breakthrough Award program is uniquely designed for social change leaders to develop, launch, and scale their new … Continue reading
November Begins, Rewilding Season Completed
November and winter are soon here. Koitajoki restoration and other rewilding actions are drawing to a close with the large peatland of Lakkasuo completed, as well as over 1350 hectares in Koitajoki alone. Visits to Canada and US pave way … Continue reading
October Brings North American Tour, Pärjänjoki in Focus
October starts, Snowchange has a North American tour slated for the first part of the month. Pärjänjoki, a sub-Arctic river is emerging in the Landscape Rewilding Programme. In early October Snowchange will have a sets of events and a tour … Continue reading
A New Documentary from Koitajoki Released
An American production company PrettyGoodProductions and Snowchange have finished a new documentary film about Koitajoki after three years of work. It is free to watch online. Seining for a Song is a documentary by the American film director Thomas Miller, … Continue reading