Description
Logline
The conflict between forestry and nature conservation in Finland has been constant during the last 20 years. The traditional, freely grazing reindeer herding, dependent on the old forest growth, has been losing its resources but complaints and protests haven’t been able to stop this process.
Synopsis
In 2005 Saami reindeer herders made an alliance with Greenpeace and established a Forest Rescue Station in the wilderness of Inari. The international pressure from Greenpeace made Finnish forest company Stora Enso stop buying the wood from conflict areas. Kalevi Paadar, a Saami reindeer herder, lodged a complaint to the UN Human Rights Commission. He claimed that logging in his home village violated their right to continue their traditional way of reindeer herding based on free grazing. The UN asked Finland to stop logging. In 2007 Metsähallitus started logging again, this time in the wilderness of Kessi.
Country: Finland
Duration: 58′
Year of Production: 2006
Director: Hannu Hyvönen
Producer: Hannu Hyvönen
IMDB: https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1352730
