Open AccessReindeer Husbandry in Kuusamo
Author(s) -
Osmo Säkkinen
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
rangifer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1890-6729
pISSN - 0333-256X
DOI - 10.7557/2.19.4.1594
Subject(s) - animal husbandry , pasture , grazing , agriculture , geography , agroforestry , tourism , forestry , ecology , biology , archaeology
The author is a reindeer owner and gives his impression about the situation of reindeer husbandry in an eastern reindeer area in Finland. Mmajor problems emerge: the growth of the predator populations, the grazing quality and the loss of pasture land to other activities (agriculture, forestry, tourism)