Niilas Somby - yoiking the Saamiland
Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that t...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Watertown, Mass.
Documentary Educational Resources
2007, 2007
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Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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Collection: | Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Made for the United Nations, this documentary chronicles the logging damage that has taken place in the forests of Finnish Lapland over the past 50 years. Home to the indigenous Saami peoples, these Northern old growth forests are essential to Saami reindeer herding, a traditional way of life that the Saami hope to continue into future generations. Population growth in Finland has created economic pressure - prompting migration to the Saami lands in the North. The resulting forest cutting severely depletes the lichen necessary for free reindeer grazing, and logging infrastructure disrupts the entire forest ecosystem |
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Item Description: | Previously released on DVD.. - Title from resource description page (viewed Dec. 23, 2010). - Recorded in Finland |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (9 min.) |