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Ett samtal med Rickard Länta : Renskötsel, industrier, och klimat

de Leeuw, Georgia LU orcid (2026) In Kulturella perspektiv 35.
Abstract
Rickard Länta is a reindeer herder in Jåhkågasska reindeer herding community in Swedish administered Sápmi. The land in which his reindeer are migrating has already been impacted by projects such as deforestation, hydropower, infrastructure development, and tourism. In addition, the controversial Gállok mining project, which is also located in this land, has been approved by the Swedish government and supreme court. This article builds on a conversation in which Rickard describes the consequences of a potential mine in relation to existing threats that are already severely challenging the conditions for reindeer herding. He also discusses how these industrial ventures relate to the overarching issue of climate change and its impacts for... (More)
Rickard Länta is a reindeer herder in Jåhkågasska reindeer herding community in Swedish administered Sápmi. The land in which his reindeer are migrating has already been impacted by projects such as deforestation, hydropower, infrastructure development, and tourism. In addition, the controversial Gállok mining project, which is also located in this land, has been approved by the Swedish government and supreme court. This article builds on a conversation in which Rickard describes the consequences of a potential mine in relation to existing threats that are already severely challenging the conditions for reindeer herding. He also discusses how these industrial ventures relate to the overarching issue of climate change and its impacts for reindeer herding. (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
Rickard Länta är renskötare i Jåhkågasska sameby i den svenska delen av Sápmi. Hans renbetesmarker är starkt påverkade av projekt såsom skogsavverkning, vattenkraft, infrastrukturutveckling och turism. Därtill har det kontroversiella gruvprojektet i Gállok, som också är beläget i detta område, godkänts av den svenska regeringen och Högsta domstolen. Denna artikel bygger på ett samtal där Rickard beskriver konsekvenserna av en eventuell gruvetablering i relation till befintliga hot som redan försvårar förutsättningarna för renskötseln. Han berättar också hur dessa industrisatsningar relaterar till den överhängande problematiken
av ett förändrande klimat och dess konsekvenser för renskötseln.
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Länta, Rickard
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Reindeer husbandry, mining, climate change, Sapmi, Sami, cumulative impacts, renskötsel, gruvdrift, klimatförändringar, Sapmi, kumulativa effekter, samisk markanvändning, Gallok, Kallak
in
Kulturella perspektiv
volume
35
pages
7 pages
publisher
Föreningen Kulturella perspektiv
ISSN
1102-7908
DOI
10.54807/kp.v35.56303
language
Swedish
LU publication?
yes
additional info
Rickard Länta är renskötare i Jåhkågasska sameby och ledande i motståndet mot gruvplanerna i Gállok/Kallak. Han drivs av en omtanke om renen och renskötseln och vill möjliggöra för nästkommande generationer att kunna leva det liv han har levt.
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2026-04-13 09:16:54
date last changed
2026-05-14 03:18:24
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