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The 14th meeting of the Arctic Council on May 12, 2025, marked the conclusion of Norway’s Chairship (2023-2025) and the beginning of the Kingdom of Denmark’s Chairship (2025-2027). 

At a powerful side event during the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), Indigenous reindeer herders, Sámi political leaders, and international experts convened to spotlight the challenges of land fragmentation and its impact on implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) pushing Arctic and sub-Arctic reindeer pastoralism toward a tipping point.

According to the Arctic Council website, on 12 May 2025 the Arctic Council will have its 14th meeting of the Arctic Council which will mark the conclusion of the Norwegian Chairship of the Arctic Council (2023-2025) and the beginning of the Kingdom of Denmark’s Chairship (2025-2027).

ICR together with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) Center for Biodiversity and Conservation, featuring the GEF-funded UNEP project Reindeer Herding and Resilience organized a side event on Land Fragmentation and Indigenous Resilience in New York

Congratulations to Sámi reindeer herder Anni Maaret Magga-Eira, who defended her phd thesis on April 10, 2025 in Guovdageaidnu as Sámi Allaskuvla. “The land is different when you have lived there”. Socio- onomastics study of reindeer herders’ toponymic competence in Lákkonjárga orohat Njulloslákkuid siida and Sállevári bálggus.

Land Fragmentation and Indigenous Resilience: Challenges and Solutions for Implementing UNDRIP
Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025

ICR workshop: Bridging the Worlds The Power of Knowledge Co-production was held in the framework of the Arctic Science Summit week in Colorado orginized by GEF funded UNEP project Reindeer Herding and Resilience at International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry.

On March 7th, 2025 the 11th Annual Fletcher Maritime Arctic Conference brought together experts from across the region to explore the impacts of growing volatility. 

The RHR project team, consisting of Kathrine Ivsett Johnsen, Johan Mathis Turi, Issat Turi together with the Dukha youth representative Khongorzul Mungunshagai, is currently in Tsagaannuur. They traveled to Tsagaannuur to carry out fieldwork for the project.

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