Managing the diversity of
local natural resources
Mr. Jukka Lokka
Development Director, Sodankylä Municipality
Tel. +358 40 146 0448
[email protected]
1. Sodankylä municipality
“in the middle of nowhere”
• Large land area – about 12.000 km²
• (About the same as Flander in Belgium)
• Only about 9.000 inhabitants
• (In Flander 6,25 million)
• 0,7 people per km²
• Central town (5.400 inhabitants)
• 28 villages
2. Huge Natural Resources and
potentials around us in
Sodankylä - Minerals
• Fennoscandia greenstone belt
• Copper, Nickel, Gold, Platinum, Palladium,
Vanadium, Chrome, also rare earth
elements REE (La, Ce, Pr, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd,
Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, Sc)
2. Huge Natural Resources and
potentials around us in Sodankylä
- Investments
• Mines, gas, oil, energy, infrastructure
• Estimated investments in High North:
– Finland 10 150 M€
– Sweden 15 430 M€
– Norway 31 860 M€
– Russia 26 640 M€
– Total
84 080 M€
2. Huge Natural Resources and
potentials around us in Sodankylä
- renewable energy and food
• Biomass from forests and fields
– Pulb and paper, construction use, energy
• Water Energy, 400 MW
• Wind Energy 400 MW (under construction and planned)
• Local Food
– Fishery – lakes about 800 km²
– Agroforestry – berries and herbs
– Other ”normal” food production for local
use and for niche products for export
2. Huge Natural Resources and
potentials around us in Sodankylä
- Science and Research
• Long tradition in research for atmosphere
and space
– Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
(SGO)
– Arctic Research center of Finnish
Meteorological Institute (LIT)
• Production and dissemination of geological
information for industry and society
– Geological Survey of Finland (GTK)
• Arctic military training and research
– Jaeger Brigade
2. Huge Natural Resources and
potentials around us in
Sodankylä - Arctic Corridor
• Global warming – Opening the Northern See
Route
– Arctic See is melting
– Northern See route is as much as 40%
faster than Southern See route
– China is planning to transport about 20%
of its exports through the Northern See
Route by 2020
– Fennoscandia will be beside the
international trade route – first time in the
history
3. Big challenges
- limited markets
• Sodankylä is small
• Companies are small
• Markets are very limited and do not function
well
• Actually - there are no real markets In
Sodankylä!
• TO UTILIZE OUR BIG OPPORTUNITIES
WE NEED NEW INNOVATIVE WAYS TO
ARRANGE OUR OPERATIONS
3. Big challenges
- New ways to organize
operations
• Focus on small and medium size companies
• Shift focus from singe companies to value
chains and networks
• Consider the joint impact of different
networks in a certain place
• Create new kind of leadership based on cooperation within networks
• NEW ROLE FOR LOCAL PUBLIC
ORGANIZATION
4. Example case
– Sodankylä Innovation Center
• Demand for new arctic innovations
– Lots of arctic knowledge located in
Sodankylä
– There is growing need for arctic
knowledge applications e.g. see ice
forecasting, water content of snow
coverage etc.
– There is need for new methods for
exploring minerals without drilling
– There is need for specialized forecasting
of winter conditions for streets and
transportation
4. Example case
– Sodankylä Innovation Center
Kiitos!
Thank you!