Balancing biosecurity and local stewardship: Wildlife disease management in rural Norway

Highlights

•  Compares two wildlife disease interventions in rural Norway: CWD in reindeer and Gyrodactylus salaris in salmon.

• Shows how biosecurity governance disrupts local stewardship institutions and practices.

• Introduces a comparative framework based on governance scale, risk framing, and institutional resilience.

• Demonstrates how local actors develop alternative, adaptive responses when empowered.

• Argues for integrating biosecurity and stewardship through shared authority and recognition of local knowledge.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2025.103854