Recent conflicts around the national framework for wind power development in valuable nature areas in Norway has put the spotlight on the difficult balance between combating climate change and protection of biodiversity. In the case of reindeer husbandry and other indigenous land use, the new green power developments also represent additional pressure on already strained pastures and resources.

The workshop will facilitate dialogue and mutual learning between scientific expertise and reindeer husbandry, with a special emphasis on learning from relevant Swedish cases. A workshop in Norwegian with reindeer districts in Troms County and invited stakeholders takes place after the seminar.

We welcome indigenous actors, politicians, industry representatives, and researchers and scientists interested in environmental governance to the seminar.

The seminar is open to all. 

Program

Place: Fram Centre, Auditorium, Tromsø

Monday 14. October, 2019

Interactions between green energy and indigenous traditional use of lands

0900-0910: Welcome and brief introduction by Else Grete Broderstad, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Elisabeth Librekt Olsen, NIKU, Fram centre

0910-0930: The Sami Parliament’s position on wind power and the national plan by Silje Karine Muotka, Norwegian Sami Parliament 

0930-0950: Cumulative effects of wind power industrial development on reindeer lands by Anders J Eira, Protect Sápmi

0950-1010: Wind power and reindeer husbandry in Norway by Jonathan Edward Colman, NMBU

1010-1030: Coffee break

1030-1050: Wind power and reindeer husbandry in Sweden by Per Sandström, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

1050-1110: Wind power in court cases in Sweden by Dorothee Cambou, University of Helsinki

1110-1130: A perspective from the industry by Egon Leonhardsen, CEO, Finnmark Kraft

1130-1230: Panel discussion