Reindeer hysbandry - grazing districts WFS

The dataset defines the reindeer grazing districts in the Sami reindeer grazing area. The right to practice reindeer husbandry within these areas is exclusive to the Sami population. This special Sami right is not applicable outside these areas, where special permission is required for reindeer husbandry on owned and leased land. A reindeer grazing district constitutes an administrative unit for a number of reindeer siidas. The County Governor is the administration authority in the reindeer grazing districts.

The reindeer grazing areas where Sami reindeer husbandry takes place covers approx. 40% of the land area of Norway, extending from Finnmark in the north to Engerdal, Hedmark in the south. The country is divided into 6 reindeer grazing areas, which have a number of reindeer grazing districts.

Identification info

Date (Creation): 2000-01-01

Date (Publication): 2016-08-15

Date (Revision): 2016-05-11

Purpose: The dataset provides an insight into land use for reindeer husbandry and defines the reindeer grazing districts in the Sami reindeer grazing area

Status: Historical archive

Publisher

Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research - Ingvild Nystuen

Owner

Norwegian Agriculture Agency - Bjørnar Strøm-Hågensen

Maintenance and update frequency: Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Land use

Nasjonal inndeling i geografiske initiativ og SDI-er

Norway Digital
NSDI data

Nasjonal tematisk inndeling (DOK-kategori)

Agriculture

Theme

Reindrift
Reinbeitedistrikt

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1205/2008 of 3 December 2008 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards metadata, Part D 4, Classification of Spatial Data Services

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Specific usage: The district boundaries are indicative as information for the reindeer industry, public administration, the planning authorities and developers.

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