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Publications (3)


The impacts of mining on Sámi lands: A knowledge synthesis from three reindeer herding districts
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February 2022

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17 Citations

The Extractive Industries and Society

Rasmus Kløcker Larsen

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Maria Boström

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Muonio Reindeer Herding District

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Jenny Wik-Karlsson

When Indigenous rights and demands for mineral wealth collide, knowledge of mining impacts is a highly contested area. Yet the scholarly literature contains few studies of the impacts borne by Indigenous groups. In this paper, we offer an empirical analysis of mining impacts on Sámi reindeer herding in two cases from Sweden. The mine in Kaunisvaara is an active, open-pit iron mine operated by Kaunis Iron. The mine in Stihke was an underground copper/zinc mine operated from 1976 to 1988 by Boliden. Data generation comprised of interviews, workshops, field visits, participatory GIS, and literature review. The findings show how the two mines have caused similar impacts, including on the land and the reindeer, the economy, and Sámi culture, health, and well-being. In a comparative analysis we discuss five themes: i) discrepancies between anticipated and actual impacts, ii) mismatches between impacts and compensation, iii) flaws in Swedish mining regulations – specifically for impact assessment, iv) who holds relevant knowledge to predict impacts, and v) patterns of dispossession rather than co-existence. We argue that if governments and mining companies were to genuinely consider the full scale of impacts, then it would entail a fundamental paradigm shift in mining governance in Sweden.


Social Life Cycle Assessment Used in Indigenous Contexts: A Critical Analysis
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May 2021

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4 Citations

Sustainability

This paper evaluates the method Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) from the perspectives of Indigenous methodologies and Indigenous standpoint, in order to identify some strengths and limitations of using S-LCA in Indigenous contexts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used to measure environmental impacts connected with all stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. S-LCA is a methodology designed to include the social aspects of sustainability in the LCA methodology. S-LCA emphasizes stakeholder involvement and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) S-LCA guidelines (2020) lists Indigenous communities as possible stakeholders. With a focus on Indigenous communities in the Arctic region we also include comparative aspects from Australia to generate new conceptualizations and understandings. The paper concludes that S-LCA has the potential to facilitate opposing worldviews and with some further developments can be a valuable methodology for Indigenous contexts.

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Citations (3)


... Cultural disconnect refers to epistemological differences in worldviews, values, and decision-making cultures between Indigenous communities and external stakeholders [124,125]. Issues arise from the inability of the engagement process to recognise different ways of gathering and understanding information, or relating to the environment. The Southern Sámi scholar Fjellheim [33] explains that "dialogues" promoted as a prescription of good governance are underpinned by epistemic miscommunications, devaluing Indigenous relations with the landscapes, knowledges, practices, and interests. ...

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Enabling Indigenous-centred decision-making for a just energy transition? Lessons from community consultation and consent in the circumpolar Arctic
The impacts of mining on Sámi lands: A knowledge synthesis from three reindeer herding districts
  • Citing Article
  • February 2022

The Extractive Industries and Society

... In addition to the documents that collect the fundamental bases on S-LCA, there are numerous articles in the scientific literature that propose new approaches or models [38,[40][41][42][43][44] or adaptations according to different scopes [45][46][47][48][49]. The analysis of this type of wok is intended to gain a better understanding of the evolution of the methodology along its different streams. ...

Social Life Cycle Assessment Used in Indigenous Contexts: A Critical Analysis

Sustainability

... This avoidance behavior is well-documented and may persist for years, though avoidance levels may vary depending, for example, on the type of infrastructure (Tyler et al., 2021). Illustrating the scale of the encroachments on Sámi grazing lands, Larsen et al. (2017) determined that 54% of one sameby's winter pasture was within zones of disturbance. ...

Sami-state collaboration in the governance of cumulative effects assessment: A critical action research approach
  • Citing Article
  • May 2017

Environmental Impact Assessment Review