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Land Is Life: Traditional Sámi Reindeer Grazing Threatened in Northern Sweden Land is Life: Traditional Sámi Reindeer Grazing Threatened in Northern Sweden By Nanna Borchert Edited by Kenyon Fields Funded in part by Svenska Samernas Riksförbund and WWF Acknowledgements I would like to give grateful thanks to those who made this report possible through their generous finan- cial support: Svenska Samernas Riksförbund (SSR, the National Association of the Swedish Sámi), World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) International, Nussbaum Medien (the printing house), and my father, Dietrich Borchert. Invaluable suggestions and comments on the report were kindly given by the reviewers: Olof T. Johansson, Chairman of Tåssåssen Sámi Community, Sámi politician and reindeer herder; Jörgen Bohlin, Lawyer for Svenska Samernas Riksförbund; Per Larsson, Forest Campaign Division, WWF-Sweden; Sarah Lloyd, Member of the International Reference Group, Taiga Rescue Network; Margaret Rainey, Manager of the Nordic Forest and Trade Network, WWF; Saskia Ozinga, Executive Director, Fern UK; and Martin Kaiser, Forest Campaigner, Greenpeace Germany. Special thanks go to Kenyon Fields who showed endless patience transforming my “Swenglish” and “Deutschish” expressions into proper English – without his comments and support this report would probably never have been finished. Jean-Paul Jeanrenaud of WWF International, Karin Behland-Lindahl of Taiga Konsult, and Ola Larsson of Taiga Rescue Network deserve additional mention. Many thanks to Maja Borchert, Rudolf Fenner, Fredrik Herrlander, Olof T.Johansson and Kristina Norderupp, who gave free use of the photographs. A big thank you too to Henrik Frånberg for the translation of the Swedish summary. Over the course of the nearly two years that the Initiative ran, myriad supporters and advisors gave their creative input, advice, and sweat. It would be impossible to give proper mention to all, but let it be said that you were invaluable. You represent reindeer herders, other Sámi people, non-governmental organi- sations, lawyers, ecologists, journalists, politicians, the forest sector, expert consultants, historians, tech- nicians and computer saviours, and dear friends. One person in particular deserves special mention for his magnanimous efforts, inspiration, endless commitment, advice, humour, snowy castle and, most importantly, his invitation into the Sámi world. Thank you Olof (T. Johansson). Last but not least, my biggest thanks must go to friends and family who have been a constant source of strength and support throughout and without whom the work would not have been feasible. Nanna Borchert May 2001 Kate Kärrberg Traditional Sámi summer dwelling site in the mountain area. ii Contents List of Maps . iv About the Author . iv Foreword . v Förord (Swedish Summary to the Sámi communities) . vi Summary . 1 Sammanfattning (Swedish Summary) . 7 Zusammenfassung (German Summary) . 12 Part 1 – Background to the Initiative . 19 1.1 The Northern Swedish Ecosystem . 20 1.2 The Sámi: Past to Present . 21 1.3 Reindeer and Herding . 24 1.4 Sweden and the Sámi: Co-evolution, or Parasitism?. 30 Part 2 – The Situation Today . 41 2.1 The Land Rights Conflict. 42 2.2 Ways Forward: ILO Convention 169 and the FSC . 55 2.3 International Comparison. 66 Part 3 – The Sámi “Reindeer Forest Rescue Initiative” . 69 3.1 Initiative Beginnings . 70 3.2 Realisation of the Initiative . 70 3.3 Evaluation of the Initiative. 78 3.4 In Conclusion . 84 Acronyms and Glossary . 86 Bibliography . 87 Appendices 1. Submissions of Proof by Sámi . 89 2. Contacts and Resources . 90 3. Swedish Sámi in a Trans-Nordic Perspective . 91 4. Media Coverage of the Land Rights Conflict from January 1999 Onwards . 95 iii List of Maps Map 1. Reindeer husbandry area in Sweden, highlighting summer (mountain) and winter (forest) grazing lands . 6 Map 2. Scandinavia, showing Sápmi (Sámi land) . 20 Map 3. Sámi reindeer herding communities in Sweden . 25 Map 4. Schematic example of a reindeer community’s herding structure . 26 Map 5. Reindeer grazing land . 27 Map 6. Schematic presentation of land ownership patterns, displaying areas of conflict . 29 Map 7. Highly simplified map of wood flow and forest ownership in Sweden. 35 Map 8. Court cases over winter grazing, and list of cases . 44 Map 9. Forest stakeholders involved in the Initiative . 64 About the author After Master’s-level studies of ecosystem science, Nanna Borchert moved to Sápmi, northern Sweden to work with the Taiga Rescue Network. Her work entailed forest protection and sustainable forest manage- ment, focusing on international networking with non-governmental organisations and indigenous communities. During 1998 she became involved in the Sámi land rights conflict, and in support of the Sámi reindeer herding communities being sued by small private landowners, she was asked to begin the Initiative described in this report. As information officer Ms. Borchert acted as the media contact and liaison with other stakeholders who either requested information about or wanted to cooperate with the reindeer herders. Having set up the Initiative and taken it as far forward financially as was possible, Nanna Borchert is now off to pursue other work in Alaska. iv Foreword We have undertaken this project with the inten- the text. While acknowledging that the conflict is tion of serving the various stakeholders who have highly complex in nature, and that no simple truth cooperated with the Swedish Sámi reindeer or easy solution exists, we believe it is possible to herders over the last two years. These are the pinpoint – without risking superficiality or unrea- international Sámi community, indigenous groups sonable bias – the main principles responsible for worldwide, the community of non-governmental the culmination of the land rights conflict. organisations, representatives from the forest- products industry and politicians concerned with The Sámi are spread across four nations in which forest management and indigenous peoples’ they are a small minority facing a struggle of rights. These parties represent a wide-ranging similar nature: the defence of their basic rights as pool of interests and have shown an incredible indigenous peoples. However, the nature and ability to raise potent questions, both macro and nuance of their struggle in each nation differs micro in scale. Thus, this report has been written according to the histories and legislation of the with a level of detail hopefully sufficient to respective colonising nations. Penetrating each address a wide range of questions. While a would be far too complex, generating confusion comprehensive knowledge of the conflict is not at best. Hence, we keep to the Swedish Sámi, with required to understand the Sámi situation, we a small section of the report (2.3) reserved for an have hopefully provided a study with enough international comparison. Additionally, the land depth to allow sympathetic readers to take action, rights conflict covered in this study is but one of based on this document, as they see fit. This many challenges the Swedish Sámi face, each report serves as both a resource and a springboard deserving their own exposition, yet remaining for further efforts to secure the Sámi position, and beyond the scope of this report. This report does as an update of an action-in-progress. not attempt an exhaustive analysis of the entire Sámi situation. The land rights conflict is not Central to its theme are the underlying over, as the court cases remain open. For more causes of the land rights conflict, the influence the information and updates, please visit the World joint Swedish and Sámi history has on today’s Wide Web at http://www.sapmi.se situation (and how history is thereby part of the problem), and how the conflict can only be under- As indigenous peoples the Sámi are far from stood through a broad perspective in terms of time alone in their continued struggle against and stakeholders. The report’s length is necessi- historical and current exploitive colonisation. tated by the fact that we are trying to focus on a Whilst this report is not intended as a ‘guide’, large web of events and players, not single, it offers other indigenous groups examples of isolated factors. It is this web that has led to the how such peoples may join forces to secure current conflict, and it must be taken into consid- their positions. The conflict the Sámi face is far eration when seeking future solutions. from over. Thus, this story of lessons learned is at once a historical mapping of a longstanding Conflicts between owners of small private conflict, a review of a conflict still unfolding, land (forest) holdings and reindeer herders have and a prompting for continued efforts on existed for more than one hundred years; behalf of the Sámi and other indigenous however, these tensions are now threatening the peoples worldwide. Our desire is not to point a very existence of the Sámi herders. This report is finger of blame at any party for the Sámi crisis, based mainly on experiences gained while but rather to find a way forward through posi- working on conflict resolution with the different tive solutions in which the reader may also stakeholders involved. Experiences from running hopefully play a part. the Initiative have of course coloured the body of v Förord Till samebyarna. förandet av Renskogskampanjen har kunnat upplysa och uppmärksamma människor i fram- Initiativet till Renskogskampanjen togs av förallt Europa om de hot mot, men även min sameby, Tåssåsen, när vi stod inför hotet av möjligheter, som finns för den samiska rensköt- en andra rättsprocess angående rätten till vinter- seln i Sverige. bete. Vi menade att omvärlden måste få upp ögonen för vad som pågår i Sverige, när den Denna rapport ska inte ses som en avslut- samiska renskötselns grundpelare hotas. –Utan ning på kampanjen, utan som utvärderingen av ett rätt till vinterbete, ingen renskötsel. etappmål, i kampen för våra samiska och alla ursprungsfolks rättigheter till sitt land. Hela kampanjen lades upp på engelska samt i viss mån tyska, spanska och svenska.
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