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

• Main Author: Br??ta, Hans Olav
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: co-management; common pool resources; Water Resource & Irrigation; Hetta; Norway; Rangifer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10535/7798

"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...