Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders
The outbreak of COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on most of society. The most effective measure to prevent the spread has been reducing mobility, which is especially problematic for pastoralists relying on mobility to follow the movement of their livestock. We investigated to what degree Norwegia...
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ftniku:oai:niku.brage.unit.no:11250/3022945 2024-10-06T13:52:24+00:00 Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders Fisktjønmo, Guro Hole Næss, Marius Warg 2022 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3022945 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00295-0 eng eng https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10745-021-00295-0#citeas Human Ecology. 2022, 50 577-588. urn:issn:0300-7839 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3022945 https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00295-0 cristin:2041953 577-588 50 Human Ecology Peer reviewed Journal article 2022 ftniku https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00295-0 2024-09-10T00:00:53Z The outbreak of COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on most of society. The most effective measure to prevent the spread has been reducing mobility, which is especially problematic for pastoralists relying on mobility to follow the movement of their livestock. We investigated to what degree Norwegian reindeer husbandry and the reindeer husbandry management system are affected by COVID-19 and government restrictions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. For reindeer herders, our main finding was that the COVID-19 had little to no impact on their daily work. However, impacts varied by domain, with work in corrals, income, and slaughter being negatively affected. For employees in the management system, communication/contact with herders and visits/control of corrals/slaughter have been negatively affected. Employees in the management system were satisfied with how information concerning COVID-19 and prevention measures have been communicated by the central government, while the herders were mainly dissatisfied. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper reindeer husbandry Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU): Brage Norway Slaughter ENVELOPE(-85.633,-85.633,-78.617,-78.617) Human Ecology 50 3 577 588 |
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The outbreak of COVID-19 has had an enormous impact on most of society. The most effective measure to prevent the spread has been reducing mobility, which is especially problematic for pastoralists relying on mobility to follow the movement of their livestock. We investigated to what degree Norwegian reindeer husbandry and the reindeer husbandry management system are affected by COVID-19 and government restrictions to mitigate the effects of the pandemic. For reindeer herders, our main finding was that the COVID-19 had little to no impact on their daily work. However, impacts varied by domain, with work in corrals, income, and slaughter being negatively affected. For employees in the management system, communication/contact with herders and visits/control of corrals/slaughter have been negatively affected. Employees in the management system were satisfied with how information concerning COVID-19 and prevention measures have been communicated by the central government, while the herders were mainly dissatisfied. publishedVersion |
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Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders |
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Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders |
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