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How the reindeer-herding Sami peoples of Europe’s far north are preventing to protect their historical lifestyle amidst international warming.
The world wants new industries and sources of significant uncooked supplies for combatting the ever-worsening local weather disaster.
However for the reindeer-herding Sámi folks of Europe’s distant far north, which is residence to most of the pure sources key to those inexperienced applied sciences, transitioning to a low-carbon future shouldn’t additionally imply jeopardising their centuries-old tradition and traditions.
Their hope is that Sámi parliaments – established after a lot wrestle to offer a voice to Indigenous inhabitants – might help protect their distinctive lifestyle, via stress on the Scandinavian governments in search of to develop the Arctic tundra for everybody’s profit.
However what if safeguarding the Sámi environmental heritage and saving the planet are, in the long run, irreconcilable?