Statens markförvaltningssystem i Sápmi – konsekvenser för renskötsel och samiskt självbestämmande

Annette Löf; Rasmus Kløcker Larsen

Kiruna, Sweden, colorful houses in a wintry landscape in the high arctic during the polar night, mountains and ski slopes in the distance.

New method can reduce risk of violating Sámi rights

Press release / A new method developed by SEI shows how risks can be reduced and offer better protection of Sámi rights and a fairer management of land use.

15 April 2026 / About Land use

Contested borders of fire and reindeer

Journal article / Official reports of Swedish wildfire impacts are compared with Sámi reindeer herders' own perception and navigation of the events.

16 January 2026 / About Adaptation, Forests, Land use and Mitigation

Tent settlement for reindeer herders in the midnight sun at the north of Sweden

Finding the cracks: How do frontline officials maneuver state institutions to advance Indigenous rights to land and environment?

Journal article / This study examines four cases across continents, showing how officials navigate colonial institutions to support Indigenous rights.

21 July 2025 / About Land use and Participation

Land, culture, and the cost of progress: Indigenous rights in the age of green extraction

SEI podcast / How can Indigenous land rights survive the pressures of the green transition? A conversation on land, culture, storytelling and resistance.

30 April 2025 / Power in balance / Forests and Land use

Cross section of participants at the Branching Out Panel of Panels

Green cities: uniting communities and decision-makers for the future of UK treescapes

Feature / The Branching Out project connected researchers, policymakers and communities to integrate the social and cultural value of UK city treescapes into planning.

25 February 2025 / About Cities and Wellbeing

Stack of freshly cut tree logs in a forest of young thin evergreens, with rays of sun reflecting on the trees and photo lens.

Can conflict be planned away? A critical assessment of participatory land use planning in Swedish forest governance

Journal article / This paper critically analyses the Reindeer Husbandry Plan (Renbruksplan) in Sweden, evaluating its potential for resolving land use conflicts.

30 January 2025 / About Land use

Advancing Indigenous Peoples’ rights for inclusive and sustainable environmental governance in ASEAN

SEI brief / In this policy brief, the authors discuss the need to support Indigenous Peoples' rights to ensure sustainable environmental governance in ASEAN policy.

24 January 2025 / About Climate policy, Participation and Public policy

The view from under a breaking wave with the sun shining through

SEI Currents 2025

Collection / Get insights, discussions and perspectives on the key challenges shaping our world in 2025.

About Geopolitics, Innovation and Land use

Grounds for change

Perspective / This piece, one of three SEI Currents for 2025, examines the growing role of land in addressing climate, environment and sustainable development issues.

21 January 2025 / About Bioeconomy, Cities, Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests and Land use