Reindeer-herding indigenous women fight against climate change

[In Finland]( March 7, 2018 [Finland's Sámi women]( are primarily responsible for child care and passing on their culture to the next generation. As such, reindeer herding has become an important issue for them, especially as logging and climate change have intensified in recent years. Also, the [Grand Egyptian Museum](, which is due to open later this year, is expected to be one of the largest archaeological museums in the world. And, [Sudan Archives]( has a funkier approach to violin. — Anna Pratt, The Scan editor [No Images? Click here.]( [Finland's reindeer-herding Sámi women fight climate change]( [Finland's reindeer-herding Sámi women fight climate change]( The Sámi are an indigenous population in the northern parts of Finland, as well as Sweden, Norway and Russia. However, the warming climate has threatened to disrupt the Sámi people's centuries-old tradition of reindeer herding. As Arctic temperatures rise more than twice as fast as the global average, reindeer herders are struggling to cope with increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather. [Finland's reindeer-herding Sámi women fight climate change]( [Finland's reindeer-herding Sámi women fight climate change]( The Sámi are an indigenous population in the northern parts of Finland, as well as Sweden, Norway and Russia. However, the warming climate has threatened to disrupt the Sámi people's centuries-old tradition of reindeer herding. As Arctic temperatures rise more than twice as fast as the global average, reindeer herders are struggling to cope with increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather. 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