Issues and Prospects of Developing Domestic Reindeer Husbandry in the Current Context

Northern domestic reindeer herding is one of the main types of traditional eco-nomic activity in the North, which plays a huge role in preserving the identity and culture of indigenous peoples. Their unique competencies allow them to engage in this activity in harsh conditions, while coexisting harmoniously with the fragile nature of the Far North.

Today, reindeer husbandry is going through difficult times. Despite the fact that Russia has the largest number of reindeer in the world and the potential to increase it, their number is declining. There are acute problems of shortage of personnel, degradation of reindeer pastures, and mar-keting of products. A separate big problem is the decline in the prestige of the reindeer herder profession. Now, in the context of sanctions and the suspension of the export of reindeer products, it is important to provide support for the in-dustry by coordinating the efforts of all authorized authorities. The meeting will consider various measures to preserve the reindeer herding in the Arctic

Moderator:

Alexander VOROTNIKOV, Associate Professor, Expert Council Coordinator, Project Office for Arctic Devel-opment (Moscow, Russia)

Speakers:

Elena EVTYUKHOVA, Deputy, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Head, Department for Indige-nous Affairs of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug

Sergei SIZONENKO, Deputy, Fourth Session of Taimyr Regional Council of Deputies

Timur AKCHURIN, Executive Director, Reindeer Herders Union of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Mikhail BONDAR, Deputy Director for Scientific Work and Environmental Education, Deputy Chief State Inspector for Environmental Protection, Taimyr Nature Reserves Direc-torate

Dmitry BUTUSOV, Director, Department of Animal Husbandry and Pedigree Farming, Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation

Artur GAYULSKY, President, Regional Association of Indigenous People of Northern Krasnoyarsk Krai

Grigory LEDKOV, President, Association of Indigenous People of the North, Siberia, and the Far East of the Russian Federation (Moscow, Russia)

Andrei LISTYUSHENKO, Former Chief Veterinary Doctor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Mikhail POGODAEV, Economics Candidate, Deputy Minister for Arctic Development and Indigenous Affairs of the Sakha Republic (Yakutia)

Konstantin TIRRONEN, Biology Candidate, Head, Zoology Laboratory, Biology Institute, Karelia Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Northern Reindeer of Eastern Fen-noscandia monograph author (Petrozavodsk, Russia)

Yuri KHATANZEISKY, Deputy Governor for Affairs of Nenets and Other Indigenous People of the North, Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Matvey CHUPROV, Deputy Chair, Deputies Assembly of Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Chair, Standing Committee for Affairs of Nenets and Other Indigenous People of the North, Ecol-ogy and Natural Resource Use of the Deputies Assembly of Nenets Autonomous Okrug

Anatoly SHIROKOV, Member, Council of Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federa-tion (Magadan, Russia)

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