A Swedish Sámi herders association is at loggerheads with the state-owned forestry firm
Protests have temporarily halted a planned clear cut.
August 20, 2021
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Representatives of Sweden’s Sámi reindeer herders are calling for changes to the way the country’s state-owned forestry company Sveaskog does business, amid a two-week standoff that ended with a decision on Thursday to temporarily halt the planned clear cut of an 85-hectare section of forest that herders say is being carried out without their approval.
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