Forestry and reindeer husbandry in northern Sweden – the development of a land use conflict

摘要

Both the forestry sector and reindeer herders in northern Sweden use the forest resources in northern Sweden, albeit for different purposes, and have adverse effects on each other. To reduce conflicts between them negotiations take place in so-called “consultations”, but the institutional arrangement does not seem to be working well; the conflicts have not been resolved, and the reindeer herders are generally more dissatisfied with the outcome than the forest companies. This paper provides an overview of the parallel development of forestry and reindeer herding in the region. In addition several issues that complicate the consultations and need to be resolved in order to secure the continued co-existence of the two activities are identified, based on an analysis of physical, societal and judicial aspects of the relationship between them. Abstract in Swedish / Sammandrag: Skogsbruk och renn?ringen i norra Sverige – utveckling av en markanv?ndningskonflikt Skogsresursen i norra Sverige nyttjas f?r bland annat timmerproduktion och renbete och skogsbruket respektive renn?ring p?verkar varandra negativt. F?r att minska konflikterna har samr?d instiftats men processen fungerar inte tillfredsst?llande eftersom det finns ett missn?je bland rensk?tarna. Denna studie ger en ?versikt av den parallella utvecklingen av de tv? n?ringarna och deras inb?rdes relationer och d?rmed identifieras flera nyckelomr?den som komplicerar relationen mellan de b?da n?ringarna och d?rmed ?ven samr?den. Genom att analysera de fysiska, sociala och juridiska aspekterna av relationen mellan renn?ring och skogsbruk pekar studien p? ett antal problem som m?ste l?sas f?r att kunna s?kerst?lla en fortsatt parallell existens.