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12 November 2021 / Arctic Today / Nora Buli
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Norway wind turbines should be torn down, reindeer herders say

Åfjord, Trøndelag, Norway

Norway should dismantle two large wind farms that were stripped of their licenses for jeopardizing traditional reindeer husbandry, herders from the Indigenous Sámi community said on Friday. Reindeer herders say the sight and sound of giant wind turbines frighten their animals and thus disrupt age-old traditions.


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