Abstract
Indigenous peoples often have a particularly close relationship to nature. This is also the case for the indigenous Sami people. Their homeland, Sapmi, is administered by four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Sami parliaments in the three former countries give the indigenous Sami a voice in the political and legal process. In Finland, this participation is restricted to a small part of the country, which is recognized as the Sami home area under Finnish law (although the original Sami homeland was significantly larger than the area recognized today). Within the Sami home area, the Sami Parliament has some participatory rights, for example under the Finnish Mining Act. Extractive industries often have destructive effects on the natural environment and can threaten the livelihoods of indigenous peoples, such as reindeer herding or fishing. In this chapter it will be shown how the Sami Parliament in Finland can use existing legislation to protect indigenous rights and livelihoods.
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