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This report presents the manual that describes the field inventory on mountain and mires with
an aim of identifying and describing the conditions for reindeer grazing in landscape. This is
an important part of establishing so-called Reindeer Husbandry Plans. Reindeer husbandry
plans used today both as a planning tool in herding and as a basis for consultation discussions
with other land users. There is already a manual on inventory of grazing types at forest land.
In discussions between herders and representatives of the Forestry and the environmental
monitoring program National Inventory of Landscapes in Sweden (NILS) in 2013-2014
indicated that herders were interested in expanding their field inventory to cover not only
forests but also mountains and mires. The reason for this is that some reindeer have seen an
increased interest by others in establishing mainly mines and wind farms on these lands.
The report also discusses the prerequisites for the development of the manual. The inventory
methodology is based in part on the methodology used to inventory grazing types at forest
land and partly on NILS-methodology. NILS is a national inventory program operated by
SLU and which collect data in the field and from aerial photographs. Field inventory
methodology used in Renbruksplanen is a simplified version of the NILS methodology. Since
the field inventory methodology of Renbruksplanerna reminiscent the NILS methodology, it
is possible to compare the results of the more local inventory within Renbruksplaner with
national data. The development of the manual has been in dialogue with different Sami
villages, SLU and the Swedish Forest Agency.