March 2nd 1997 in Nadym Yamal Nenets AO in Russia - 25 years ago - the first Congress of Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH) was hold, and Saami reindeer herder Johan Mathis Turi was elected as WRHs first president and for many years contributed into the work of the Association, making cooperation between reindeer herding peoples

We invite you to recall the lecture by Johan Mathis Turi for young leaders in the Arctic of the joint course of the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry and the the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.

Watch the lecture by Founding President of the Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH) and senior Sámi reindeer herder - Johan Mathis Turi, where he talks about traditional leadership and management system in the Sami reindeer husbandry here