The field biologists are investing SEK 50,000 in supporting the protests against Sveaskog's felling at the reindeer pastures in Paharova in Överkalix and they are also supporting the protests that are taking place in Tärendö in Pajala municipality.
The money goes, among other things, to pay for travel for those between 16 and 25 years who want to participate in the protests.
- This is one of our biggest actions in the last ten years.
We are radical but peaceful, says Emy Suorra.
"Not everyone should sit in a tree"
In Paharova, several members have now experienced the night and morning police operations.
Many of your members are young, how do you see that you encourage actions that lead to the police coming?
- We have both courses and action plans for how we should act so as not to risk security or have legal problems.
We never put the youngest at the forefront of a blockade and we make sure that you can take on different roles.
Someone might not be sitting in a tree without cooking, for example, says Emy Suorra.
"The devastation has gone too far"
The field biologists are protesting against what the organization calls a violation of both the Sami human rights and Sweden's environmental goals, when it is claimed that Sveaskog has decided to cut down forests without the Sami villages' approval.
- The devastation of our lands has gone so far that we ourselves must stand and protect the forest where Sveaskog's machines destroy reindeer grazing land with irreplaceable cultural values.
We go into this as if it were about life and death - because that is exactly what it does, says Sami activist Emy Suorra, active in both the Field Biologists and the Forest Uprising.
The blockade, which has been going on since Friday last week, is being arranged by Skogsupproret (a collaboration between Sami activists and Extinction Rebellion) on reindeer pastures belonging to Ängeså and Tärendö's Sami villages.