Panel Discussions

Day: Thu 16 Nov, 2017

SESSION A: Reconciliation of different land users’ interests

Time: 10:30–12:00
Venue: Tieva, Lappia Hall, Rovaniemi

Chair: Seija Tuulentie

Panelists:

• Hannele Pokka - Chair of Finnish Network for Sustainable Mining, Permanent Secretary of Ministry of the Environment, Finland
  
• Anne Ollila - Executive Director, Reindeer Herders’ Association, Finland
• Pamela Lesser - Researcher, Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland
• Kirsi-Maria Korhonen - Regional Director, Metsähallitus
• Michel Julien - Vice-president environment, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited

SESSION B: The importance of ethical guidelines for Arctic peoples and extractive industries

Time: 14:30–15:45
Venue: Kero, Lappia Hall, Rovaniemi

Chairs:

Florian Stammler - Research professor, Arctic Centre at the University of Lapland
Sven Roald Nysto - Sámi politician and scholar

Panelists:

• Sven Roald Nysto - Special Advisor, Arran Lule Sami Centre, Drag, Norway
• Mia Landauer-  Risk and Resilience Program and Arctic Futures Initiative, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• Emma Wilson - CEO and Director: ECW Energy Ltd, London, UK (Tbc)
• Aytalina Ivanova - Research Docent, NorthEastern Federal University, Russia & research fellow, UiT the Arctic University of Tromso

Why this theme?

Few issues are as crucial for Arctic sustainable development as modes of land use. In order to cover different aspects the theme has two sessions, the first one focusing on different land users’ interests and the second one discussing the importance of ethical guidelines.

Who are the panelists?

The first session, led by senior researcher Seija Tuulentie, gives floor to researchers and various stakeholders having interest on land use modes such as mining, forestry and reindeer herding. The second session, invited by research professor Florian Stammler and Sámi politician and scholar Sven Roald Nysto, gathers a number of experts and scholars on indigenous participation in Arctic extractive industries.

What can we expect?

How successful has the reconciliation of different land use modes been across the Arctic region? Is there enough knowledge and political will for reconciliation and what are the biggest challenges? Those questions will be raised in the first session. Ethical guidelines reveal a lot about values and principles when it comes to questions of using the Arctic land and landscape. But whose values? And do the guidelines make sense in practice? The second session shall suggest answers to these questions. Put together we are looking forward to a discussion that goes into the essence of sustainable development in the Arctic region.