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The initiative proposes that, among other things, compensation for hunting damage be increased for farmers and that the reindeer industry receive more permanent support.
– It is important that you feel that there is a unified approach to these issues and that we, based on the real conditions, screw the system to ensure the financial conditions and security of being a trader in agriculture and reindeer husbandry, says Jennie Nilsson.
Elevated compensation ceiling
The fact that the state is involved and assumes responsibility and “assumes the cost of the matter,” believes the minister, increases the likelihood that merchants will continue their activities and that others will start over in the area.
– We raised the compensation ceiling from 80 to 100 percent for compensation both for preventive measures to protect your animals and for damage caused by predators. There, the state will now bear the full cost, says Jennie Nilsson.
An increase in funding of SEK 15 million is proposed for the reindeer industry next year, and thereafter SEK 12 million per year on a permanent basis.
– This is also something that I think is very important, among other things that there will be a permanent increase in compensation. We do this so that people in this industry can do more to prevent harm from predators and manage the effects of climate change that affect the reindeer industry, says Nilsson.
Better geographic distribution
It also notes that in some places there is too high a concentration of predators and that the proposal should improve the distribution of predators. Therefore, it is proposed that the minimum levels for the number of predators are no longer counted by county.
The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and the administrative boards of the northern counties have stated in a request to the government that the county-specific minimum levels are an obstacle to the regional administration, making it difficult to “meet the objectives of the predators “of reduced concentrations and greater distribution.
Jennie Nilsson anticipates that a new arrangement would make it easier to plan primarily for license hunting, which could be concentrated in areas with many predators.
Government proposals are now being submitted for consultation.
Åsa Johansson / TT
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