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This grant program provides financial support to reindeer herders in Troms and Nordland counties who face additional costs due to the lack of a reindeer grazing convention between Norway and Sweden. The subsidy covers expenses related to feeding and transporting reindeer, as well as other necessary costs for carrying out these activities, such as purchasing feeding sledges. Applicants must either be prevented from using their traditional winter grazing areas due to the lack of a reindeer grazing convention, or incur additional expenses as a result of choosing to use their traditional winter grazing areas in Sweden. The funding is available to reindeer grazing districts, siida (reindeer herding groups), siida shares, and individual reindeer owners from specific districts in Nordland (Balvatn, Saltfjellet, Ildgruben, and Byrkije) and Troms (Helligskogen, Hjerttind/Altevatn, and Gielas). Funding is provided up to the number of reindeer that each district was allowed to graze according to the now-defunct reindeer grazing convention.