Norway's Supreme Court held that the Fosen wind-power development violated Sámi reindeer herders' cultural rights and ruled the relevant licences invalid. The judgment challenged an energy project that impaired the conditions of cultural survival. It showed that renewable development must still respect Indigenous rights; the ruling itself did not dismantle the turbines.
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What principle did the Fosen ruling illustrate?
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The Court found that interference with Sámi reindeer herding violated cultural rights. A project's renewable character did not remove those obligations.
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