Federal Law No. 82-FZ on ensuring traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 1999 (2008) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Land tenure Traditional rights/customary rights Survey/mapping Indigenous peoples Hunting rights Community management Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Federal Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract This Federal Law guarantees the traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples to protect their natural habitats, traditional ways of life, economic activities and fishing and hunting rights. An ethnic community with fewer than 50,000 persons living on ancestral land and maintaining traditional ways of life and community management shall be considered a sparsely distributed indigenous peoples. The Government shall validate a common national register of these indigenous communities, and federal executive bodies shall implement federal and regional programmes to protect their traditional rights regarding land tenure, traditional community management of natural resources, and land surveys and monitoring. Full text Russian Website www.consultant.ru References - Legislation Implemented by Ruling No. 32-P of the Constitutional Court of the RUSSIAN FEDERATION on the case of verification of constitutionality of Part 1 of Article 3 of the Federal Law "Federal Law No. 82-FZ on ensuring traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation" and Part 1 of Article 19 of the Federal Law No. 209-FZ “On hunting and conservation of hunting resources and on Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation" in connection with the complaint of citizen A.F. Danilov. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2021 Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Hunting/capture, Hunting rights, Traditional rights/customary rights, Local government, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 386-P of the Federal Fisheries Agency “On allocation of aquatic biological resources for the period of 2021 in Sakhalin fishing area for ensuring traditional way of life and traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Fishing area, Marine fishes, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Total allowable catch, Fishing gear/fishing method Source: FAO, FAOLEX Order No. 31-P of the Federal Fisheries Agency “On allocation of aquatic biological resources for the period of 2021 in Sakhalin fishing area for ensuring traditional way of life and traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the North, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2021 Keyword: Fishery management and conservation, Marine fisheries, Marine fishes, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Total allowable catch, Fishing gear/fishing method Source: FAO, FAOLEX Governmental Order No. 631-r validating the List of living and traditional economic activities of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009 Keyword: Fishery management and conservation, Inland fisheries, Marine fisheries, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Forest management/forest conservation, Public forest, Non-timber products, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Animal production, Animal reproduction, Ranching/captive breeding, Wild fauna, Wildlife products, Hunting/capture Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 963-OZ “On guarantees to persons not related to indigenous peoples, but permanently living in places of traditional residence and traditional economic activities of the indigenous peoples.” Legislation | Russian Federation | 2007 (2016) Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Land tenure, Hunting rights, Community management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 140-OZ “On some issues of organizing and ensuring protection of original habitat and traditional way of life of small-numbered indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation living on the regional territory. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2013 (2019) Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights Source: FAO, FAOLEX Regional Law No. 626-ZRT “On guarantees of the rights of indigenous peoples living on the regional territory.” Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Sustainable use, Local government Source: FAO, FAOLEX Governmental Decree No. 1488 validating the Regulation on the procedure for compensation for losses caused to the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, associations of indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation and persons belonging to the indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation, as a result of damage to the original habitat of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the Russian Federation by the economic activities of organizations of all forms of ownership, as well as by natural persons. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2020 Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Contract/agreement, Business/industry/corporations, Liability/compensation Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Federal Law No. 40-FZ amending Federal Law No. 82-FZ on ensuring traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2009 Keyword: Traditional rights/customary rights, Hunting rights, Community management, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX Federal Law No. 256-FZ amending Federal Law No. 82-FZ on ensuring traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2015 Keyword: Indigenous peoples, Local government, Public participation Source: FAO, FAOLEX