Military drills disrupt reindeer herding in Arctic Finland

Military drills disrupt reindeer herding in Arctic Finland

Reindeer herders in northern Finland say increased military exercises are disrupting traditional herding practices and damaging critical grazing lands, as Finland deepens its NATO involvement and hosts more international training operations. "Military activity has increased massively here since Finland joined NATO," said Kyösti Uutela, who leads a reindeer husbandry district near the Rovajärvi artillery range. The training area, covering over 1,…