Landbruksdirektoratet

Landbruksdirektoratet is the specialist agency under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food responsible for implementing national agricultural policy. It manages Reindriftsforvaltningen (the reindeer husbandry administration) and the digital basis for reindeer husbandry land use in Norway. This dataset covers reindeer grazing areas, migration routes, gathering sites and siidas (reindeer herding groups), and is an important factor in zoning plans and impact assessments in the Sami areas from Hedmark to Finnmark. Reindeer husbandry is a Sami industry with its own legal basis in the reindeer husbandry act, and reindeer husbandry land use must be mapped before development.

Landbruksdirektoratet also runs other specialist registers, including licence and grant administration, agricultural funds and forestry, but it is the reindeer husbandry data that is compiled in Placepoint. For developers working with sites or infrastructure in Northern Norway or in the Trøndelag mountains, the reindeer husbandry layers are a mandatory check early in the project.

Landbruksdirektoratet is important for many businesses, and good dialogue with users is essential for us. We provide a knowledge base and guidance on the instruments within agricultural policy, and we implement the government's decisions in the areas of trade and agriculture.

Summarised from landbruksdirektoratet.no

More information: Landbruksdirektoratet, main page, Reindeer husbandry at Landbruksdirektoratet, The reindeer husbandry act (Lovdata), Reindeer husbandry, map data on Geonorge