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Indigenous Sámi activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by reindeer herders

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Tags: energy.renewable, norway.sapmi, wind power.onshore, indigenous peoples, sami, protests, turbines.wind, rights.land, rights.indigenous, politics, herding, reindeers, arctic, author.gwladys fouche, source.reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sami-activist-sets-up-camp-outside-norway-parliament-protest-wind-turbines-2023-09-11/

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Authors
Gwladys Fouche
Published
Sep 11 2023
Word count
497 words

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    This article doesn't explain why a wind turbine being present effects the Sámi. Does anyone here know?

    This article doesn't explain why a wind turbine being present effects the Sámi. Does anyone here know?

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      Reindeer herders fear Arctic industry boom BBC News – Maddy Savage – 22nd December 2022

      Reindeer herders fear Arctic industry boom

      "The reindeers will not go into this [wind farm] area at all… because of the sound, because of how it looks, the visual impact," says Ms Omma, who also works for the Sami Council, an independent non-profit organisation representing Sami rights.

      Omma says that if a reindeer herder loses part of his or her animals' grazing land to a wind farm, it can be very difficult for them to find replacement space nearby. This is because adjacent land is often being used by herders from neighbouring Sami communities.

      BBC News – Maddy Savage – 22nd December 2022

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