MPs Geir Pollestad and Trygve Slagsvold Vedum propose measures to resolve conflicts between reindeer herding and farming in the wake of the Fosen court ruling. The proposers argue that existing disputes in the area must be settled before new grazing land is allocated, and call on the government to amend legislation, clarify responsibility, and establish pilot schemes to improve coexistence.
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The Storting calls on the government to propose legislation that allows fencing to be installed along reindeer herding boundaries, even when one party to the conflict—either the herding operation or the landowner—objects.
The Storting calls on the government to ensure that decisions are made to drive reindeer back into designated herding areas, even when implementation proves logistically difficult, including in adverse weather and ground conditions.
The Storting calls on the government to establish as a principle that measures to keep reindeer within designated herding areas shall take priority over measures to protect cultivated land from reindeer.
The Storting calls on the government to establish a pilot scheme in which selected municipalities are given authority to decide on returning reindeer to approved grazing areas and impose penalties for non-compliance. Os municipality in Innlandet shall participate in such a scheme.
The Storting calls on the government to proceed on the basis that work on replacement land resulting from the Fosen ruling shall be voluntary and that expropriation shall not be used.
The Storting calls on the government to treat work on replacement grazing areas as linked to resolving existing conflicts between reindeer herding and farming in the relevant areas.