In Sweden, a nickel mine in Rönnbäcken, in reindeer-herding territory, was given exploration permits starting in 2005. The Sámi say the effort threatens the land essential to herding reindeer ...

The mild Swedish winter has made it difficult for reindeer to find their own food. Photo: Paul Wennerholm/TT "There is just one explanation and that's climate change," Jan Rannerud, chair of the Sami ...

Every year, thousands of reindeer migrate from Norway to Finland. This year, a whopping 3,500 of them are making the trip, accompanied by dozens of Sami herders — indigenous Scandinavians ...

Local Sami representatives have opposed parts of the rally and appealed the County Administrative Board's permit for the track, just a week before the rally, saying there were reindeer in some of ...

Finland -- both of which threatened reindeer herding, it said. Amnesty and the Sami Council urged authorities in Nordic countries to increase consultations with Sami populations and seek their ...