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While no other region in Sweden has as large a proportion of protected nature as the mountains, this wilderness is under growing threat. The Swedish mountain range is warming up at twice the global average, putting fragile alpine ecosystems at risk. Snow conditions are becoming increasingly unpredictable, and the treeline is slowly moving higher. These changes threaten both the food sources and movement patterns of reindeer, which in turn endangers the culture and identity of the Indigenous Sámi people, for whom reindeer herding is central to their way of life. Other species under pressure include the wolverine and the endangered Arctic fox.
Pictures by Tilde Bergström.
While no other region in Sweden has as large a proportion of protected nature as the mountains, this wilderness is under growing threat. The Swedish mountain range is warming up at twice the global average, putting fragile alpine ecosystems at risk. Snow conditions are becoming increasingly unpredictable, and the treeline is slowly moving higher. These changes threaten both the food sources and movement patterns of reindeer, which in turn endangers the culture and identity of the Indigenous Sámi people, for whom reindeer herding is central to their way of life. Other species under pressure include the wolverine and the endangered Arctic fox.
Pictures by Tilde Bergström.
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