Yamal Reindeer Insured Against Natural Anomalies

 

The new draft law "On reindeer husbandry in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District" includes insurance of animals from death due to natural anomalies and expands the rights of herders.

In Salekhard, today held a meeting of a working group to draft a new law "On reindeer husbandry in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District", the consideration of which is planned for 2016, according to Tass.

"On the one hand, the need to support the most reindeer sector and financially, and advisory, to ensure the preservation of the traditional way of life of the indigenous people of Yamal. On the other hand, it is necessary to "enter" Reindeer in modern society, the market. That he was a normal income, comfortable living conditions, the ability to raise their children ", - said the vice-governor YaNAO Irina Sokolova.

Currently, the county has a law that was passed in 1998. The main objective of the new project - equal rights reindeer herders, businesses and private owners. According to the press service, currently farms are in a better position because they have the right to support from the state and county, while private owners can expect, as a rule, only for themselves.

Also, the new law provides insurance against deer mortality. Mass deaths of northern reindeer was recorded in the Yamal tundra in the territory of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in mid-January 2014. From starvation to reindeer farms, killing about six thousand deer.

The draft law provides for "insurance against death due to natural disasters, climatic conditions, the negative anthropogenic influence, as well as the damage caused by wild animals. The public authorities of the Autonomous Okrug are supporting insurance deer in the form of subsidies and compensations. "

Currently, the bill coordinate with relevant executive authorities of the Autonomous Okrug.