Climate campaigner says Swedish government is violating indigenous rights and waging ‘war on nature’
, noting concerted opposition to the mine from the Sami parliament, UN experts, Unesco, the Church of Sweden, the Swedish environmental protection agency, Sweden’s national heritage board and others.that the decision to give the go-ahead for the Gállok mine was a “tragedy for Sami rights, nature and future generations … Short-term economic gain is now put before Sami rights, animals and nature. Incredible.
Beowulf’s share price had been on a sharp upward trajectory since December when the Swedish Greens, who have opposed the plans, left the governing coalition. Thorwaldsson declared that his party “loved mines” and hoped to open more.earlier this month that Beowulf lacked the necessary funds to develop the mine and had links to an offshore tax haven. The company strongly denied the claims, while its chairman dismissed them as biased.
Welcoming the government’s decision, the Beowulf chief executive, Kurt Budge, said in a statement: ”Beowulf’s ambition is to build the most sustainable mine possible. … the company remains committed to working constructively – and in good faith – with all stakeholders and engaging in meaningful dialogue.”
The Sami parliament, the representative body for people of indigenous heritage in Sweden, says the mine will destroy grazing areas and cut off the only viable migratory route for reindeer followed by the Jåhkågasska Sami community, who move westerly with their animals to the high hills of the Laponian area on the Norwegian border for the animals to calve during the spring.
However, the promise of hundreds of new jobs created by the mine has divided the local community in Jokkmokk, who fear economic decline and a continuing exodus of people from the area.
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