Hur kan myndigheter i planerings- och tillståndsärenden främja renskötseln som en central del av samisk kultur och ge samiska företrädare möjlighet till inflytande?

The document details a workshop involving government officials, Sami representatives, and researchers to address the gap between legal requirements to promote Sami culture and the actual practice of authorities in planning and permitting. Key discussions focused on the necessity of early dialogue, the recognition of traditional knowledge, and the systemic failure to account for cumulative effects of land exploitation. The report highlights a strong convergence between authorities and Sami representatives on the primary obstacles, such as resource shortages and the problematic assumption of 'coexistence' between industry and reindeer husbandry.

• Swedish authorities have a legal obligation under the Instrument of Government and the Act on National Minorities and Minority Languages to actively promote the Sami people's ability to maintain and develop their culture, specifically nature-grazing based reindeer husbandry.
• International law and recommendations from the UN and the Council of Europe emphasize that Sami representatives must have meaningful influence over decisions affecting them, rather than merely being informed of decisions already made.
• There is a critical lack of comprehensive data regarding the cumulative effects of multiple exploitations on individual Sami villages, leaving authorities to rely on insufficient data or analyses provided by the developers themselves.
• The concept of 'coexistence' between reindeer husbandry and industrial exploitation is viewed as a hindrance by many participants, described as a 'politically fluffiered sweet vision' that ignores the actual limits of what reindeer husbandry can tolerate.
• Sami representatives argue that traditional knowledge is not treated as an equal knowledge base to academic research in permitting processes, and they call for a platform where solutions are driven by the Sami villages rather than technical fixes from companies.
• A significant resource gap exists for Sami villages and the Swedish National Association of Sami (SSR), which prevents them from acting as equal partners in consultations; participants suggested capacity funding models similar to those used in British Columbia.

APA

Larsen, R. K., & Raitio, K. (2017). Hur kan myndigheter i planerings- och tillståndsärenden främja renskötseln som en central del av samisk kultur och ge samiska företrädare möjlighet till inflytande? Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Projects/Workshoprapport-Sigtuna-Slutversion-2017-10-06.pdf

Chicago

Larsen, Rasmus Kløcker, and Kaisa Raitio. Hur kan myndigheter i planerings- och tillståndsärenden främja renskötseln som en central del av samisk kultur och ge samiska företrädare möjlighet till inflytande? Stockholm Environment Institute, 2017. https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Projects/Workshoprapport-Sigtuna-Slutversion-2017-10-06.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{larsen2017hur, author = {Larsen, Rasmus Kløcker and Raitio, Kaisa}, title = {{Hur kan myndigheter i planerings- och tillståndsärenden främja renskötseln som en central del av samisk kultur och ge samiska företrädare möjlighet till inflytande?}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2017}, url = {https://www.sei.org/mediamanager/documents/Projects/Workshoprapport-Sigtuna-Slutversion-2017-10-06.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }