The proposal received support Thursday by the majority in Parliament’s Energy and Environment Committee with the support of the Conservative Party, Progress Party and the Centre Party. Government support portions Left and KrF disembarking both no.
Liberal deputy Ola Elvestuen, head of energy and environment committee, believes snowmobile trails will destroy both for wildlife and for people the opportunity to experience silence in nature.
– It is a pity that the Centre ensures the government majority for a poorly prepared case, he said.
– Strengthening local democracy
The Centre Party Marit Arnstad mean in turn that the ban strengthen local self-government.
– I think that municipalities are the best to decide if and how they will facilitate the trails for recreational snowmobiling, she says.
It is municipalities that will decide where snowmobile trails go, but the trails should not be placed in protected areas, proposed protected areas or national caribou areas. In addition, consideration shall be given to reindeer.
– The municipalities are required thorough consideration, where concern for outdoor recreation, biodiversity, husbandry, housing and cottage areas will weigh heavily, says Arnstad.
Environment parties shook
SV Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås are very dissatisfied.
– Norwegian nature is now being turned into a playground for snowmobiling. It is sad for all of us who go skiing to experience the nature, he said.
The Greens parliamentary representative Rasmus Hansson says outdoor people should be “deeply shaken”.
– All who are happy in Norwegian nature should be frightened of the unconscious attitude of traditional outdoor activities that the government has acted in this matter, he said.
– Developments in scooter traffic in Sweden and in parts of northern Norway show that this policy will mean that more and more people choose scooter instead of ski.
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