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Regional Law No. 341-OZ “On reindeer breeding”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Nenets
Document type
Legislation
Date
2002 (2009)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Ranching/captive breeding Indigenous peoples Traditional rights/customary 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 Regional Law enters into force ten days after the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes legal, economic, environmental protection and social grounds for reindeer breeding as one of the bases of traditional community wildlife management of indigenous peoples of the North with a view of conservation of their traditional way of life and traditional rights. This Regional Law shall have as its purposes: (a) social guarantees for stable development of reindeer ranching independently of the form of ownership; (b) meeting the demand of the regional population in reindeer products; (c) conservation of reindeer ranching as traditional community management activity of indigenous peoples of the North; and (d) establishment of preferential right of indigenous peoples of the North and ethnic communities thereof for performance of reindeer ranching.

Full text
Russian
Website
www.fpa.su

References - Legislation

Repealed by

Regional Law No. 275-OZ “On reindeer breeding”.

Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 (2019)

Keyword: Ranching/captive breeding, Indigenous peoples, Traditional rights/customary rights, Community management, Traditional knowledge/indigenous knowledge, Pastoralism, Social protection, Protection of habitats

Source: FAO, FAOLEX