Plans for a new highway over the mountain plateau known as Hardangervidda have sparked calls for tunnels that wild reindeer can use to get over, or under, it.
Norway has the last of Europe's wild tundra reindeer, scattered over 23 different mountainous areas in southern Norway. The total reindeer population is estimated at about 30,000.
The reindeer population continues to be threatened by road building, holiday cabin development, other construction projects and climate change. Warmer weather can lead to another type of vegetation that can crowd out what the reindeer eat.
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