At present little is known pertaining to how governmental management policies interact with regional differences in environmental conditions, such as (1) climate; (2) pasture quality/quantity; and (3) population density and influence individual production strategies in the reindeer husbandry in Norway. This project aims at identifying possible regional differences in these relationships since this knowledge forms an important basis for developing sustainable and adaptive management. The stipulated project aims at generating knowledge that may have important management implications and that may increase our understanding of nomadic pastoral adaptations in general.