Association to Save Yugra
The Association to Save Yugra (or Save Yugra, Russian: Спасение Югры, Spaseniye Yugry) is an Indigenous-rights organisation of the nomadic Khanty, Mansi and Nenets peoples of Western Siberia.[1] The organisation was founded in 1989 to protect their traditional lands against extractive industries such as oil, gas, and logging.[2] The organisation held its first congress in August 1989, and took a stance opposing logging in their forests.[3]
The organisation is named for Yugra, the traditional homeland of the Uralic peoples, in what is now Northern Russia.
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[edit]- ^ "Indigenous reindeer herders under siege by oil industry". www.hartford-hwp.com. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
- ^ Richard Vaughan (17 March 1994). The Arctic: a history. A. Sutton. p. 289. ISBN 978-0-7509-0177-2. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^ Wadebridge Ecological Centre (1992). The Ecologist. Ecosystems Limited. p. 270. Retrieved 9 June 2012.