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The seventh session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) will take place from 8 to 12 December 2025 at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, on the theme “Advancing sustainable solutions for a resilient planet” .
The Reindeer Herding and Resilience project team is participating in UNEA-7 and will speak at the associated event, “Harnessing science and Indigenous knowledge for climate resilience and nature action: A focus on peatlands and coral reefs”.
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World Reindeer Herders (WRH) and the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) took part in the official launch of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP) 2026, held on 2 December 2025 at FAO headquarters in Rome. The event, hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), marked the beginning of a global observance aimed at highlighting the essential role of rangelands and pastoralist communities in food security, climate resilience, biodiversity, and sustainable livelihoods.
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On 12 November 2025, the traveling Calotte Academy arrived in Kautokeino, Norway, the heart of Sápmi, for a day dedicated to Indigenous perspectives and Europe’s northern futures. The Kautokeino session at the Sámi University of Applied Sciences building, hosted by UArctic EALÁT Institute (UEI) of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR), focused on the theme “Indigenous Peoples and Europe – the Case of the Sámi.”
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Kia Krarup Hansen has been working on different projects with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry. On 31st of October she will defend her PhD thesis “In the Smoke of the Lávvu – Two Ways of Knowing Reindeer Meat Smoking” at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences and Education.
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International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry and World Reindeer Herders together with Indigenous Peoples Unit of FAO are hosting the 3rd Global-Hub on Indigenous Peoples’ Food Systems convened in the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab at UN FAO Headquarters, bringing together Indigenous and non-Indigenous experts to affirm and amplify Indigenous knowledge in food systems.
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On October 14, 2025, the World Food Forum, in partnership with Norway, the World Reindeer Herders, the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry, and the FAO Indigenous Peoples Unit, will host a session at the NOMAD Indigenous FoodLab (FAO Headquarters, Rome).
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This week GEF UNEP Reindeer Herding and Resilience project at ICR in cooperation with Arctic Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School hosted a Dukha reindeer herders Innovation Lab.
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As part of events marking ICR’s 20th anniversary, we invite you to a seminar on transdisciplinary research, presented by Matthias Kaiser, Professor of Theory and Ethics of Science.
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20 years ago today the Norwegian Government established the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry (ICR) in Kautokeino, Norway...
