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September 08, 2005
Saami Council takes action
On August 30th, the Saami Council announced that it is asking StoraEnso to stop buying timber logged from reindeer grazing forests. The Saami Council is shocked by the decision of Metsähallitus to start logging again in the reindeer grazing areas, which are essential to the Saami reindeer herding cooperatives. If the logging continues, at the same rate it has been for the last few decades, the present generation will be the last one to herd reindeer in the traditional way of the Saami, says the Saami Council.
The council held a press conference on August 24th, 2005 in Ivalo.
Their statement and briefing on logging in Inari can be found at http://www.saamicouncil.net/?deptid=1188
Read the letter from the Saami Council to StroraEnso (PDF-format 37 KB).
Posted by Eini Kosonen at September 8, 2005 08:35 AM
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