Towards a Solution to the Goose-Agriculture Conflict in North Norway, 1988–2012: The Interplay between Policy, Stakeholder Influence and Goose Population Dynamics

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Tombre, Ingunn M., Eythórsson, Einar, Madsen, Jesper
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science 2013
• Subjects: Research Article; Norway; Svalbard; Vesterålen; Anser brachyrhynchus; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; North Norway
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3748085; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23977175; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071912

This paper presents results from a multidisciplinary study of a negotiation process between farmers and wildlife authorities which led to an agricultural subsidy scheme to alleviate conflicts between agriculture and geese in Norway. The Svalbard-breeding population of pink-footed geese Anser brachyr...