reindeer outweighed by mining14 Mar 2018 14:00
Extensive exploitation on the most important fields of the river industry
Almost half of all mining permits and more than every fifth wind turbine in the reindeer husbandry area are found in the specially protected land areas of the river. It shows a new survey of Sameradion & SVT S�pmi.
To carry out mining, several permits are required. One of the most important is about the so-called processing concession, which companies apply for at the state authority Bergsstaten.
Sameradion & SVT S�pmi has mapped all mining and wind farms in the reindeer husbandry area. The survey shows that more than four out of ten mining licenses and more than every fifth wind turbine are found on fields designated as national interest for the river industry.
In total, there are 46 mining facilities and 220 wind turbines, and the national interest means that these areas should, as far as possible, be protected from exploitation that can significantly complicate reindeer husbandry.
The national interests are set against each other
In many areas of exploitation, renn�ringen is not the only national interest. Even mining or wind power can be classified as national interest due to the good availability of mineral deposits or the good wind conditions. When two incompatible national interests are weighed against each other, the law gives priority to the best that promotes the long-term and sustainability of the land and the environment in the area.
But 103 of the wind turbines are located in areas where the pipeline is the only national interest, Sameradion & SVT S�pmis shows a survey. And in cases where the riksart and wind power's national interests are tied to each other, the wind tends to weigh heavier, "the Energy Agency notes.
Even a large number of mining licenses, 21, apply to areas where the river industry is the only national interest. In many of these cases, the area has only been designated as national interest afterwards, but at least four of them were already in the decision.
Then the balance is made
It is the authority of the Bergsstaten, which decides whether a concession permit is to be granted, but as regards the assessment of the interests of the river industry, they usually rule on the provincial government's balance. And that an area classified as a national interest in wastewater treatment does not mean that mining in the area is excluded.
- A mining and drainage can work at the same time. One can make solutions for a concession to work concurrently with wastewater treatment, "says the head of the authority, mountaineer �sa Persson.
"But sometimes it does not, and then you can say that the run is going before. We have made such an assessment, in Stekenjokk, where the national interest in wastewater was more important than the national interest in mineral.
"Most often, reindeer husbandry is affected"
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