Research as the basis for decision-making in reindeer husbandry
The principal challenge for Norwegian reindeer husbandry in Finnmark today - seen from the viewpoint of both the central political authorities and the industry itself - is disequilibrium between the number of reindeer and their forage resources. Productivity is low, the economy is worse and a large...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/936 2023-05-15T16:13:41+02:00 Research as the basis for decision-making in reindeer husbandry Norvik, Erling 1990-09-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/936 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.5.936 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/936/896 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/936 doi:10.7557/2.10.5.936 Copyright (c) 2015 Erling Norvik http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Vol 10 (1990): Special Issue No. 5; 3-4 1890-6729 reindeer husbandry research decision-making info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1990 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.10.5.936 2021-08-16T14:44:03Z The principal challenge for Norwegian reindeer husbandry in Finnmark today - seen from the viewpoint of both the central political authorities and the industry itself - is disequilibrium between the number of reindeer and their forage resources. Productivity is low, the economy is worse and a large number of reindeer owners have an unsatisfactory number of animals and an unsatisfactory income. The animals are becoming smaller and smaller. Social and economic problems are increasing. There is an obvious danger of long term damage to the pasture areas. How long term, nobody knows. There are no clear research results to guide us but, I am glad to say, research is under way and satellite imagery represents a good, new tool. Research must have a free hand - but it cannot be fully independent. Researchers must try to direct their activities towards providing both the industry and the politicians with a solid basis on which to base their decisions. It is therefore my hope that «productive» research receives as high priority as possible. With limited funding available for research and the relatively small size of the indus-try, it is important that its requirements and its own demands for help from researchers be attended to. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Rangifer reindeer husbandry Finnmark University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Rangifer 10 5 3 |
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The principal challenge for Norwegian reindeer husbandry in Finnmark today - seen from the viewpoint of both the central political authorities and the industry itself - is disequilibrium between the number of reindeer and their forage resources. Productivity is low, the economy is worse and a large number of reindeer owners have an unsatisfactory number of animals and an unsatisfactory income. The animals are becoming smaller and smaller. Social and economic problems are increasing. There is an obvious danger of long term damage to the pasture areas. How long term, nobody knows. There are no clear research results to guide us but, I am glad to say, research is under way and satellite imagery represents a good, new tool. Research must have a free hand - but it cannot be fully independent. Researchers must try to direct their activities towards providing both the industry and the politicians with a solid basis on which to base their decisions. It is therefore my hope that «productive» research receives as high priority as possible. With limited funding available for research and the relatively small size of the indus-try, it is important that its requirements and its own demands for help from researchers be attended to. |
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Research as the basis for decision-making in reindeer husbandry |
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