Reindeer habitat selection and movement changes with cumulative impacts from mining and wind power development #NOR #SWE

Abstract: Industrial expansion often occurs in landscapes already affected by multiple disturbances, leading to cumulative impacts on biodiversity and local communities. With the societal pressure for an rapid ‘green transition’, land-use changes intensifies, yet most impact assessments remain local and project-based, disregarding cumulative impacts. We conceptualized and disentangled key dimensions of cumulative impacts and integrated them within habitat selection, calving site selection, and movement analyses in a case study of reindeer and Sámi reindeer husbandry in Scandinavia. Using GPS data . . .


https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/reindeer-habitat-selection-and-movement-changes-with-cumulative-impacts-from-mining-and-wind-power-development/