A - what I would like to call a historical - decision was taken by the Supreme Administrative Court in Sweden at the end of February this year (source: The Supreme Administrative Court (SAC), case 2047-14). It is a decision made in a mining case concerning extraction of minerals in mid-Sweden, and since the decision was …
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New Article on Extractive Industries in Indigenous Areas in Canada and Sweden
New article "Effects of mining on reindeer/caribou populations and indigenous livelihoods: community-based monitoring by Sami reindeer herders in Sweden and First Nations in Canada" in The Polar Journal, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2014, by Thora Martina Herrmann, Per Sandström, Karin Granqvist, Natalie D'Astous, Jonas Vannar, Hugo Asselin, Nadia Saganash, John Mameamskum, George Guanish, Jean-Baptiste Loon & …
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Guide to Covering Extractive Industries
A guide to covering extractive industries by investigating journalists. Sadly enough it seems like only organisations and companies are listed members, not research groups or single researchers. http://gijn.org/resources/covering-the-extractive-industries/
The Mining Situation in Sweden from an Environmental Perspective – a Few Examples
Foreign, as well as Swedish based mining companies, prospect and exploit – as in drilling – for stones and minerals like never before in Sweden. The country is in at least the local newspapers presented as a Klondike, full of treasures just waiting to be ‘picked up’. Abandoned and Closed Mines in Sweden – a …
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Mining or golfing? Or both? Or nothing? – A perspective to mining in the north of Sweden
In a small newspaper named LKAB Framtid Luleå [LKAB Future Luleå] with a special February issue this year published by the Swedish mining company Loussavaara Kirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), can an article with the headline "Critics are wrong: 'We need more mines'" be found. That issue was a special one for the town of Luleå that is …
Effects of Mining on Reindeer Herding Grounds in Jokkmokk in Sweden
Prospecting for minerals and stones has exploded in Sweden. Many foreign prospecting and/or mining companies come to Sweden in search for a new Klondike - even though in a more modern "suit" than the historical one at Dawson City in Canada at the end of the 19th century. Many people and groups today get affected because of …
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Arctic Anthropology 