Extractive Violence and Sámi Connection to Country

MacNeil, Kristina Sehlin; Inga, Niila

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“…That is a difficult mission and the result of the asymmetric power relations that underpin the extractive violence Sámi reindeer herders are exposed to in the interplay with extractive industries and other land-use interests. 29 The Swedish parliament has decided to implement a procedure for consulting the Sámi that will oblige state, regional and municipal authorities to consult with the Sámi parliament, national Sámi organisations and RHSCs in matters that may affect them directly. This notwithstanding, the principle of free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC) is not included -in its entirety -in the proposal or the law.…”

Section: A Swedish History Of Neglectmentioning

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Back to Square One. Green Sacrifice Zones in Sápmi and Swedish Policy Responses to Energy Emergencies

Össbo

2023

Arctic Review

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In the wake of the enthusiasm for green energy, previously contested energy and mining projects can be framed as part of a green transition. When state authorities decide to forego the standard procedural protections and the processes and forums for deliberation and local influence, it contributes to constructing green sacrifice zones. This paper compares two Swedish energy policy processes. The first is occurred during World War II and the hydropower expansion of the 1940s and 1950s. The second takes place today when wind power is expanding to increase renewable energy production. In Sweden, policymaking seems to be back to square one in the green transition, leaving out both important knowledge of the past and contemporary voices of the ongoing and probable consequences. In certain issues, such as how the recognition of the Indigenous status of the Sámi actually affects the legislative process and how to address the Indigenous rights of the Sámi, policymaking is particularly slow to adapt. The green transition industry is already affecting the Sámi, as the construction of the Nordic welfare society has done during the last century, and still does. It deepens an ongoing colonial wave that started in the 1300s. By showing how the Swedish legislative process, historically as well as currently, has neglected to involve Sámi representatives, this study points to the importance and obligation of Swedish policymaking to engage Sámi representatives in an early phase to avoid further sacrifice zones in Sápmi.

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Section: A Swedish History Of Neglectmentioning

confidence: 99%

Back to Square One. Green Sacrifice Zones in Sápmi and Swedish Policy Responses to Energy Emergencies

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2023

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Extractive Violence and Sámi Connection to Country

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