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Corinna Röver’s Phd Defense
Title: The Negotiation of an Arctic Animal in Modern Swedish Sápmi, 1920-2020 Thesis: Access thesis here. Defense date: Wednesday 2 June 2020 at 14:00 CEST. Location: Online (access zoom link…
Read moreFilm launch: Resource Extraction and Sustainable Arctic Communities
The Nordic Centre of Excellence REXSAC has conducted research with the overall aim of contributing with new knowledge needed to develop practices and processes that…
Read moreReport: Closing Ranger, Protecting Kakadu
New report by REXSAC researcher Rebecca Lawrence at Sydney Environment Institute and Dave Sweeney at Australian Conservation Foundation highlights growing concerns over the potential failures of the rehabilitation plan for…
Read moreCarl Österlin’s PhD Defense
Title: Nature conservation, landscape change and indigenous rights: The role of Sámi reindeer herding for environmental objectives in the Swedish mountain landscape. Thesis: Access thesis here. Defense date: Friday…
Read moreMeet REXSAC PhD students: Caitlynn Lindsay Beckett
Discover the eighth episode of our Q&A series with REXSAC PhD students. This time meet Caitlynn Lindsay Beckett, a PhD candidate in Geography at Memorial University in St.…
Read moreA new documentary: Common Ground: The Power of Coming Together, Sápmi to Country
A new documentary short-film Common Ground: The Power of Coming Together, Sápmi to Country details the struggles of indigenous peoples across the world in response to colonisation…
Read moreStrategic Ignorance: Rio Tinto’s Destruction of Sacred Juukan Caves
How can we excuse mining giant Rio Tinto’s unconscionable destruction of a 46,000 year old Pilbara Aboriginal Heritage site on the grounds of “not knowing” when…
Read moreREXSAC led discussions at the Annual Impact Assessment Conference (IAIA19) in Brisbane
There is an urgency to improve methods for assessment of cumulative impacts of future resource extraction activities, especially in the Arctic where the pressure from…
Read moreImplementing the State Duty to Consult in Land and Resource Decisions
This paper points out the current gaps when implementing the state duty to consult with Sami communities in land and resource decisions. Resourcing, competence development…
Read moreSami’s limited influence in state processes hot topic in Almedalen in July
Sami’s limited influence in state processes has caused all mining operations on Sami land to be appealed recently. Rasmus Kløcker Larsen, REXSAC researcher at Stockholm Environment…
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