Tag: Laponia
The mining company: “I don’t think the mine will affect Laponia”
At the end of June, the Supreme Administrative Court gave the go-ahead for the mining plans in Gállok/Kallak. A month earlier, the UN agency Unesco visited the world heritage Laponia…
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency wants to leave Laponia | SVT News
The association Laponia-tjuottjudus manages the world heritage Laponia and consists of nine Sami villages, two municipalities as well as the county board and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. But now…
Unesco must have extra monitoring of Laponia
The mining plans in Kallak/Gállok outside Jokkmokk have been criticized by researchers, Sami villages, the environmental movement, the county government and the UN because it threatens the reindeer herding, the…
Unesco on inspection visit to Laponia – Concern about the mine’s impact on the world heritage
It was during the World Heritage Committee meeting a few days ago that a decision was made to carry out a reactive monitoring mission to Laponia. The decision comes after…