Developer contracts with Sámi reindeer herders ‘harmful’ to Indigenous people

Analysis of secretive renewable energy contracts finds ‘the harmful outcomes generally outweigh the limited gains’

Agreements between Sámi reindeer herders and commercial developers in Sweden are having an overall detrimental impact on such Indigenous communities, research has found.

According to the analysis, the first of its kind into such agreements, renewable energy companies – promoted as part of the Nordic country’s “green transition” – are among the worst offenders.