Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Natural-Forest-27MZIFLCKKEE.htmlConceptually similarForest in FinlandGP01E1QCompleted★★★★Old Growth ForestGP01BJPCompleted★★★★Natural ForestGP0VABCompleted★★★★Natural ForestGP010LRCompleted★★★★Sami people at CorralGP0URFCompleted★★★★Young Sami GirlGP01GJ2Completed★★★★Sami herding ReindeerGP0JGHCompleted★★★★Young Sami GirlGP0113CCompleted★★★★Sami with Young ReindeerGP0NDGCompleted★★★★View AllGP016WCNatural ForestNatural forest setting, Inari, Finland. The indigenous Sami people traditionally let their Reindeer live and feed in a natural environment. If this environment were to disappear then so would the Sami culture and the Reindeer's natural habitat. Meanwhile the Finnish state owned logging company Metsälitilus continues to deplete the traditional reindeer grazing areas. Some Reindeer herders have filed a lawsuit against the Finnish state with the UN human rights committee. The so called Angeli case is still pending in the UN.Locations:Finland-Inari-ScandinaviaDate:1 Jul, 2005Credit:© Ojutkangas Kalervo / GreenpeaceMaximum size:4457px X 2973pxKeywords:Boreal forests-Day-Forests (campaign title)-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-Nature-Outdoors-TreesShoot:Documentation on Sami People and Forests in FinlandFree grazing is the special feature of the Sami herding culture. The reindeers live and feed in their natural environment, if this environment were to disappear then so would the Sami culture and the reindeer's natural habitat. Meanwhile the Finnish state owned logging company Metsälitilus continues to deplete the traditional reindeer grazing areas. Some reindeer herders have filed a lawsuit against the Finnish state with the UN human rights committee.
