Consequences of COVID-19 on the Reindeer Husbandry in Norway: a Pilot Study Among Management Staff and Herders

• Published in: Human Ecology
• Main Authors: Fisktjønmo, Guro Lovise Hole, Næss, Marius Warg
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer US 2022
• Subjects: Article; Norway; Slaughter; reindeer husbandry
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9059113/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00295-0

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...