Category Archives: News

In 2003 the Finnish non-profit Snowchange Cooperative was invited by the U’mista Cultural Society and the Kwakiutl Territorial Fisheries Commission to work with a number of ‘Namgis and Dzawada‘enuxw First Nation Elders on oral histories of climate and environmental change. … Continue reading →

A new science article from Snowchange and leading ecologists in marine sciences reviews and discusses the meaning, significance and deductions of the poleward movement of species and fishery stocks both for science and Indigenous and traditional maritime communities.  One of the … Continue reading →

  Indigenous author Vyacheslav Shadrin and Tero Mustonen summarize 15 years of climate change work and Indigenous knowledge in NE Siberian watershed of Alazeya River. The peer reviewed paper is released today in the Arctic. One of the most remote … Continue reading →

Open today, the Landscape Rewilding Portal summarizes the results and sites of the Snowchange restoration programme building on Indigenous and local knowledge and latest science. It is at www.landscaperewilding.org Where is the home of the brook lamprey? Where can you find … Continue reading →

Today Snowchange with partners releases ”Arctic Seas”, a major international atlas and a portal that summarizes Indigenous and ecological information from the changing oceans of the North. The Planet Has Only One Ocean But Many Seas. Our work is connected … Continue reading →

Ecological restoration refers to a range of human activities designed to promote the recovery of ecosystems that have been so disturbed that their structure has been altered and their healthy functioning has been impaired. Researchers are increasingly warning that human … Continue reading →

  Snowchange staff and Indigenous knowledge holders’ text as well as oral histories from over 20 years of work in Alaska have contributed to a new science article “Towards a shared understanding of Arctic climate change and urgency in Alaska“. … Continue reading →

What is shaping how we think about our planet’s future? Faced with the uncertainty of the pandemic and in the midst of the climate crisis, it has never been so unclear what lies ahead. How can we go forward positively … Continue reading →

Snowchange and Land is Life declare the Indigenous-led grant making open for 2021. This year small grants applications will be received on a rolling basis. Maximum amount of support for a community is 5000 USD in the Arctic and boreal. … Continue reading →

Kokemäenjoki has been called the artery of SW boreal areas of Finland over centuries. A former Atlantic Salmon river, it was dammed over the span of 100 years. A new Snowchange article reviews the life work of fisherman Kalevi Veko … Continue reading →