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NEWS<br />
puisit amii<br />
Puisit amii nun<strong>at</strong>sinneersut ukiorpassuarni<br />
kingullerni tunisaajunnaaraluttuinnarsimapput.<br />
Ukiualunnguit siorn<strong>at</strong>igut<br />
Gre<strong>at</strong> <strong>Greenland</strong> ukiumut 70 million koruunit<br />
missiliorlugit nalilinnik tunisaqartaraluarpoq.<br />
Ullumikkulli 10 millioner koruunit angunerluunniit<br />
ajorpa<strong>at</strong>.<br />
Silarsuarmi uumasunik illersuiniaq<strong>at</strong>igiif fiit<br />
canadamiut puisinniariaasiannik tun ngaveqarlutik<br />
annilaarsaaralutik suliniuteqarnerisa<br />
kingunerisaannik tunisaasartut apparaluttuinnarsimapput.<br />
Kalaallit Nunaannili<br />
nungusa<strong>at</strong>aanngitsumik piniartoqartarpoq,<br />
tamannali tusagassiuutitigut oqariartuutigineqarpiartanngilaq.<br />
Puisit amiinik EU-mut eqqussinissaq inerteqqutaalernikuugaluartoq<br />
taama<strong>at</strong>toq EU-p<br />
kalaallit puisinniariaasi<strong>at</strong> paasillugu inuit<br />
pisa<strong>at</strong> m<strong>at</strong>tussinermut ilaajunnaarsinnikuugaluarpai.<br />
Immikkoortitsinerli tamanna<br />
aamma uumasunik illersuiniaq<strong>at</strong>igiiffiit<br />
akerlerisorujussuua<strong>at</strong>. Taama<strong>at</strong>tumik kalaallit<br />
aalisartut piniartullu k<strong>at</strong>tuffi<strong>at</strong> KNAPK<br />
qallunaanik paasisitsiniaalluni Københavnimi<br />
iliuu<strong>se</strong>qarpoq – qalluna<strong>at</strong> qangaaniilli puisit<br />
amiinik pisiortorluartarlutillu kalaallit<br />
piniartut <strong>at</strong>ugaannik paasinnilluartarm<strong>at</strong>a.<br />
Ilanngullugulu aamma siunertarineqarpoq<br />
inuit pisaasa killilersugaannginner<strong>at</strong> pillugu<br />
paasisitsiniaanissaq taamalu puisit amiisa<br />
Europami nioqqutigineqarnerannik nukittorsaanissaq<br />
EU-p aningaasaliiffigissagaa.<br />
4<br />
sælskinds-demo<br />
Det grønlandske sælskindssalg er<br />
styrtdykket de <strong>se</strong>nere år. For få år<br />
siden oms<strong>at</strong>te Gre<strong>at</strong> <strong>Greenland</strong> <strong>for</strong> omkring<br />
70 millioner kroner om året. I dag er omsætningen<br />
på under 10 millioner kroner.<br />
Salgsnedgangen er sket efter, <strong>at</strong> intern<strong>at</strong>ionale<br />
dyreværnsorganis<strong>at</strong>ioner har iværks<strong>at</strong><br />
en <strong>for</strong>brugerkampagne mod salg af sælskind<br />
på grund af de canadiske fangstmetoder. I<br />
Grønland <strong>for</strong>egår jagten imidlertid bæredygtigt,<br />
men det budskab har haft svært ved <strong>at</strong><br />
nå frem i medierne.<br />
EU har dog <strong>for</strong>ståel<strong>se</strong> <strong>for</strong> den grønlandske<br />
sæljagt og har indført en særlig inuitundtagel<strong>se</strong>,<br />
der muliggør import af grønlandske<br />
sælskindsprodukter, <strong>se</strong>lv om organis<strong>at</strong>ionen<br />
i 2007 ellers indførte et generelt import<strong>for</strong>bud.<br />
Undtagel<strong>se</strong>n er imidlertid druknet i dyreværnsorganis<strong>at</strong>ionernes<br />
mediestorm. Der<strong>for</strong><br />
arrangerede den grønlandske fanger- og<br />
fiskerorganis<strong>at</strong>ion KNAPK en demonstr<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
i København <strong>for</strong> <strong>at</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mere danskerne –<br />
der traditionelt har været de største aftagere<br />
af sælskindsprodukter – om virkeligheden<br />
<strong>for</strong> de grønlandske fangere. Samtidig var<br />
det hensigten <strong>at</strong> få EU til <strong>at</strong> bekoste en oplysningskampagne<br />
om inuit-undtagel<strong>se</strong>n og<br />
dermed styrke salget af sælskind i Europa.<br />
<strong>se</strong>alskin demo<br />
kAl Kalaallit piniartut 15-it Kongens<br />
Nytorvimi Københavnimiittumi<br />
nittarsaassipput.<br />
Dk 15 grønlandske fangere<br />
demonstrerede på Kongens<br />
Nytorv i København.<br />
GB 15 <strong>Greenland</strong>ic hunters demonstr<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
<strong>at</strong> Kongens Nytorv<br />
in Copenhagen.<br />
Sales of <strong>Greenland</strong>ic <strong>se</strong>alskins have<br />
dropped drastically in recent years.<br />
A few years ago, Gre<strong>at</strong> <strong>Greenland</strong>’s turnover<br />
was around DKK 70 million a year. Today,<br />
turnover is less than DKK 10 million.<br />
The fall in sales occurred after intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
animal rights activists instig<strong>at</strong>ed a consumer<br />
campaign against sales of <strong>se</strong>al skins<br />
becau<strong>se</strong> of Canadian hunting methods. In<br />
<strong>Greenland</strong>, however, hunting takes place in a<br />
sustainable manner and it has been hard to<br />
get this message across to the media.<br />
Becau<strong>se</strong> the EU has an understanding of<br />
<strong>Greenland</strong>ic <strong>se</strong>al hunting, it has introduced<br />
an exception <strong>for</strong> the Inuit which enables import<br />
of <strong>Greenland</strong>ic <strong>se</strong>alskin products, even<br />
though the organis<strong>at</strong>ion in 2007 introduced<br />
general import restrictions. The exception<br />
has un<strong>for</strong>tun<strong>at</strong>ely drowned in the animal<br />
activist’s media storm. The <strong>Greenland</strong>ic<br />
hunting and fishing organis<strong>at</strong>ion KNAPK<br />
t<strong>her</strong>e<strong>for</strong>e organi<strong>se</strong>d a demonstr<strong>at</strong>ion in<br />
Copenhagen to in<strong>for</strong>m Danes – traditionally<br />
the biggest buyers of <strong>se</strong>alskin products –<br />
about the realities <strong>for</strong> <strong>Greenland</strong>ic hunters.<br />
The intention was also to get the EU to pay<br />
<strong>for</strong> an in<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion campaign about the Inuit<br />
exception and t<strong>her</strong>eby strengthen sales of<br />
<strong>se</strong>alskins in Europe.