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MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 CAMPUS | 7 LIFESTYLE | 8 BOLLYWOOD | 11 WCM-Q students How smartphones are Mohanlal revisits visit HMC Heart diminishing people’s ancestral home Hospital privacy after 3 decades Email: [email protected] The indigenous Sami people and reindeer at the Finnmark plateau in Norway’s far north face potentially devastating consequences with the rise in temperature due to global warming. P | 2-3 WREAKING HAVOC 02 COVER STORY MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 Reindeer at risk from Arctic hot spell Kautokeino Norway’s far north, is experiencing atures and more rain. different types of snow. “Seanas”, for AFP a hot spell — relatively speaking — The change affects grazing con- example, means a kind of grainy wreaking havoc on the ditions for the 146,000 or so snow ideal for reindeer, making it centuries-old Sami way of life. semi-domesticated reindeer in the easy for them to dig out the lichen inter temperatures in “We already feel the effects of region who feed on lichen and moss and moss with their hooves. Norway’s Lapland could global warming here,” says Per under the snow. “When there’s more But it has to be very cold to have Wrise dramatically this Gaup, a colourful reindeer herder snow and it turns hard, the animals that kind of snow. While tempera- century, with potentially devastat- in his 60s out on the job. “I can see die because there’s less to eat, espe- tures in Kautokeino, Norway’s main ing consequences for the region’s that we’re losing more reindeer cially the young ones who are at the reindeer-herding hub, used to regu- reindeer and the indigenous Sami because of climate change.” bottom of the hierarchy,” says Gaup, larly drop to minus 40 degrees people who make their living herd- Here, the continental climate astride his snowmobile with an Celsius (minus 40 degrees Fahren- ing them. with cold and dry winters is grad- orange lasso slung across his chest. heit) for several weeks at a time, A vast frozen tundra, the moun- ually becoming more like that of One of the Sami dialects counts nowadays this happens only rarely tainous Finnmark plateau in coastal areas, with milder temper- no fewer than 318 words to describe and briefly. MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 COVER STORY 03 And today’s conditions are just a taste of what is to come. The mercury is expected to rise by seven to eight degrees Celsius in winter in Finnmark by the end of this century, according to Rasmus Benestad, a researcher at the Nor- wegian Meteorological Institute. A recurring problem for the reindeer now is alternating peri- ods of thaw and freezing, which create thick layers of ice that the starving reindeer are unable to penetrate with their hooves. When reindeer can’t access the lichen and moss on their herder’s grazing grounds, the flocks seek out other pastures. This can cause conflicts between herders over grazing grounds, which are not officially demarcated, and even their herders, into the deep. “Our main concern is that the herder, is worried about the may require the herders to resort “It’s getting worse and worse,” says Arctic is becoming increasingly potential impact of a Canadian to the onerous and heavy task of another herder, alarm in his voice. accessible as it gets warmer, lead- mining company’s alleged inter- putting out fodder. “Last year, I lost at least 12 rein- ing to an explosion of human est in land near his pastures. The changing climate also deer that fell through the ice. They activity,” he says. “We can’t welcome with open complicates the twice-yearly died. I wasn’t able to get them out,” Prospecting and development arms people who come and transhumance, when the herders he says. of mining and wind energy, along destroy our livelihood, our way move the reindeer from their In November 2009, almost with the construction of roads and of life, our traditional lands,” he summer grazing grounds along 300 animals from a single flock holiday cabins all compete with says. “No one besides us has ever the coast to their winter pastures drowned in a river in neighbour- the Samis’ ancestral practices, lived here. A company would just in the Finnmark mountains, and ing Sweden. encroaching on their pastures. turn up one day and grab vice versa. “The reindeer have always “The reindeer may be a semi- what has belonged to Because of longer autumns, lived with the changing climate domesticated animal but it will us from generation to the ice, now often thinner and and they’ve learned to adapt to always try to stay away from any- generation, for hun- unpredictable, can give way nature,” notes Anders Oskal, the thing it associates with man, dreds, if not thousands, under the weight of the reindeer Director of the International especially the females and the of years?” as they cross waterways, some- Centre for Rein- deer young,” says Oskal. times taking the animals, and Husbandry. Mathis Andreas, a 47-year-old 04 CAMPUS MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 HEC Paris hosts latest module of M3 programme EC Paris, one of the world’s Schafer and Simon Elliott guided top three providers of Exec- the Alstom Mid-Management lead- Hutive Education Programs, ers through the module, and the has hosted the latest module of the group benefited from the invalua- M3 MEA mid-management pro- ble advice of leadership expert gramme at its main Paris campus Christian Monjou during a visit to for a talented pool of participants the historic Petit Trianon in Ver- from Alstom’s Middle East & Africa sailles, France. region. The participants also enjoyed a The M3 programme was cus- visit to one of Alstom’s industrial tom-designed by HEC Paris in Qatar sites in Valenciennes, Northern and Alstom to give selected partic- France to gain first-hand experi- ipants access to the famous HEC ence of operations. Paris faculty and learning methods A selected group of participants in order to reinforce the exceptional presented their assigned projects management skills of leaders within to a panel of Alstom’s senior exec- Alstom and motivate them to utives and management. advance within the company. “Multinational companies such A total of 26 participants as Alstom are increasingly acknowl- attended the 5-day module, enti- edging the calibre of our tled ‘Me & My Management’, at the management programmes. HEC Paris main campus in Jouy- Through the exceptional academic en-Josas, France, where they were input of our world-class faculty, this welcomed by the programme’s Aca- programme is an enabler to moti- demic Director, Thierry vate the company’s future leaders. Coudurier. analyse issues of strategic impor- This module followed the first Our custom programmes bring The module focused on Lead- tance from the perspective of unit in October 2016 which focused results and this collaboration will ership and Management to facilitate leading management, which ben- on international relations, strategy continue to grow as we move for- the participants with the necessary efits the individual and their and finance. HEC Paris faculty wards,” Dr Nils Plambeck, Dean and skills and ability to address and organisation. members Patrick Delamaire, Ulf CEO of HEC Paris in Qatar, said. Brazil’s Second Secretary visits Al Jazeera Academy nternational politics and high diplo- and create their draft resolutions. macy were definitely on the cards at Filipe was of great support and IAl Jazeera Academy (AJA) yesterday assistance in helping the students get as the secondary school welcomed Filipe ready to discuss the global problems that Mallet, Second Secretary to the Embassy affect our world. of Brazil in Qatar. 15 students from AJA Questions ranged from cyber ter- are scheduled to attending the upcom- rorism to the problem of child marriage. ing Junior Model UN conference on May The MUN is committed to engaging stu- 5 and 6; where they will get a chance to dent to confront the issues that face the test out their public speaking skills as world today and to develop empathy as they deliver their opening statements they seek for multilateral solutions. MONDAY 24 APRIL 2017 MARKETPLACE 05 Doha Bank hosts annual ‘Beach Clean-up’ event ontinuing its efforts to spread the message of environmen- Ctal protection and sustainable living, Doha Bank joined hands with Qatar’s Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) and Al Wak- rah Municipality to host a ‘Beach Clean-up’ event at Al Wakra Beach, under the theme ‘Save The Beaches For The Future’ to show its com- mitment to the environment and in celebration of the Earth Day global event on April 22. Aimed at creating greater community awareness about the need to protect and preserve the natural environment and keep the marine awareness about the need to keep and responsibility. Foremost upon to become environmental advo- habitat safe and trash-free, the our surroundings clean. ECO- the list is the Al Dana Green Run, cates at a young age. Beach Clean-up event was led by friendly initiatives like this will one of Qatar’s largest community The ECO-Schools Programme Doha Bank’s Management and vol- benefit everyone, from local resi- events; the 12th edition of the aims to promote environmental unteer staff memberswho actively dents to international visitors who annual run took place recently at awareness in coordination with the picked up litter and trash collected can enjoy the beauty of our coun- Aspire Park in Doha, drawing par- schools. It provides a platform for along the shoreline. try at its pristine best. I would like ticipation from thousands of projects related to Environmental Commenting on the event, Dr to thank the Ministry of Municipal- residents.

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