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The Norwegian System for Wild Reindeer Management: Major Development since the 19th Century

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dc.contributor.author Bråta, Hans Olav
dc.date.accessioned 2012-01-20T16:21:49Z
dc.date.available 2012-01-20T16:21:49Z
dc.date.issued 2003 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7798
dc.description.abstract "In the 19th century the hunting of wild reindeer was relatively unrestricted in Norway. This, combined with a more efficient hunting, caused a severe reduction in the number of wild reindeer at the turn of the century. The national authorities responded by stricter hunting control, and in 1930 hunting quotas related to the size of the wild reindeer areas were introduced. The Ministry of Agriculture decided the number of licences, and the number of wild reindeer increased. During the 1950s a major controversy between the Ministry and local people arose in the Snøhetta area. People there increased their power over the wild reindeer management by organising a 'Wild Reindeer Board' (WRB). This inspired people in other districts to organise similar boards. These WRBs had no formal power according to the law, but became important managers of the herds. An official organisation for each wild reindeer area, the Wild Reindeer Committee (WRC), was introduced in 1988. Since the WRCs are official institutions, legal power is decentralised to them." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject co-management en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.title The Norwegian System for Wild Reindeer Management: Major Development since the 19th Century en_US
dc.type Journal Article en_US
dc.type.published published en_US
dc.type.methodology Case Study en_US
dc.coverage.region Europe en_US
dc.coverage.country Norway en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationjournal Rangifer en_US
dc.identifier.citationvolume 23 en_US
dc.identifier.citationpages 29-36 en_US
dc.identifier.citationnumber 5 en_US


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