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

• Main Authors: Ingunn M Tombre, Einar Eythórsson, Jesper Madsen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Svalbard; Norway; Vesterålen; Anser brachyrhynchus; Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; North Norway
• Online Access: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071912; https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0071912&type=printable

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...