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Regional Law No. 380-01-ZMO “On reindeer breeding”.

Country/Territory
Russian Federation
Territorial subdivision
Murmansk
Document type
Legislation
Date
2003 (2008)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Livestock, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Ranching/captive breeding Animal reproduction Subsidy/incentive 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 on the date of its official publication.
Abstract

This Regional Law establishes legal, economic, environmental and social grounds for reindeer breeding as a form of traditional activity of indigenous peoples of the North and ethnic communities thereof. The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure reindeer breeding as a form of traditional community wildlife management and to guarantee stable development of reindeer breeding as economic activity. State regulation of reindeer breeding must ensure environmentally sound nature management and rational use of pastures, and allocation of state subsidies to indigenous peoples for the development of reindeer breeding. Domestic reindeers can pertain to private, municipal and public property, reindeer products shall be property of reindeer owners.

Full text
Russian
Website
regzakon.fpa.su