Näätämö River Co-management Plan
- Country
- Finland
- Site/Location
- Sápmi
- Link
- http://www.snowchange.org/efforts-in-the-skolt-sami-areas-of-naatamo-watershed-finland/collaborative-manage
- Contact
- antoinescherer.pro@gmail.com
Since 2011, Snowchange Co-op and the Saa’mi Nue’tt have worked with domestic and international partners to install the first-ever collaborative management (co-management) project in Finland. It is on-going.
The geographical scope of the project covers all of the Näätämö river basin and catchment area within Finland. Näätämö, a central stream of the Skolt Sámi, today is also a major Atlantic Salmon spawning river. It is being affected by northern climate change.
The efforts of the Näätämö project can be summarized into the following themes:
- Documentation of Indigenous observations of climate and biodiversity impacts along the basin.
- Documentation of traditional land use of the Skolt Sámi.
- Documentation of traditional culture and ways of life of the Skolt Sámi.
- Producing and implementing ecological restoration work in the basin.
- Scientific surveys of climate and biodiversity changes.
- Monitoring of new and arriving species to the basin.
- Developing new management and governance models of the basin.
Since 2011, Snowchange Co-op and the Saa’mi Nue’tt have worked with domestic and international partners to install the first-ever collaborative management (co-management) project in Finland. It is on-going.
The geographical scope of the project covers all of the Näätämö river basin and catchment area within Finland. Näätämö, a central stream of the Skolt Sámi, today is also a major Atlantic Salmon spawning river. It is being affected by northern climate change.
The efforts of the Näätämö project can be summarized into the following themes:
- Documentation of Indigenous observations of climate and biodiversity impacts along the basin.
- Documentation of traditional land use of the Skolt Sámi.
- Documentation of traditional culture and ways of life of the Skolt Sámi.
- Producing and implementing ecological restoration work in the basin.
- Scientific surveys of climate and biodiversity changes.
- Monitoring of new and arriving species to the basin.
- Developing new management and governance models of the basin.
