Taymyr

Creation of a management plan

• One promising project is the “Russian Federation: Management Plan for the Conservation and Rational Use of Wild Reindeer in Taymyr”. The project will support the creation of a management plan for the wild reindeer populations of Taymyr Peninsula, and the recreation of large reindeer populations as a sustainable use resource for local people.

Fundraising options

• In Taymyr are the largest Nature Reserves of the world: Putoranskii, Taymyrskii, Bol’shoy Arkticheskii. The local administration is well-known for its fortunate attention at nature conservation. The Norilsk industrial area can be recognised as co-sponsor for conservation nature programs. One of the largest areas of intact nature in the world will evoke a great interest of broad public.

• The largest existing reindeer herd at Taymyr is considerably exploited, particularly by poachers who take the antlers of young reindeer, which are in considerable demand for use in traditional medicines abroad.
• Meanwhile native people of the north are not permitted to engage in reindeer trade, which lies in the hands of active entrepreneurs from Europe. Urgent measures are necessary to change the present situation. The most important tasks are to give back the right to hunt Wild reindeer to indigenous people and to conserve the remaining herds of reindeer.
• An area around a complex of huge metallurgical factories near Norilsk is heavily polluted. It is a significant spot of anthropogenic desert. A gas pipeline between Norilsk and Messoyakha (on the left bank of Enisey), a railway and highways between Norilsk and Dudinka ceased ancient reindeer migratory routes. Also ice-breakers activity on Enisey disturb migration of reindeer on the left bank and back. However, animals learned to cross the river using pieces of ice.