Legal Protection of Sami Traditional Livelihoods from the Adverse Impacts of Mining: A Comparison of the Level of Protection Enjoyed by Sami in Their Four Home States

As a consequence of the growing global need for minerals, extractive industries are continuously expanding. In the North, together with several environmental problems such as climate change, this poses a real threat to the traditional livelihoods of Sami people. The article examines how the rights o...

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Main Authors: Timo Koivurova, Vladimir Masloboev, Kamrul Hossain, Vigdis Nygaard, Anna Petrétei, Svetlana Vinogradova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP 2015-03-01
Series:Arctic Review on Law and Politics
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Online Access:http://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/76/83