Reindeer Blog

Глава правительства Красноярского края Эдхам Акбулатов дал указание  своим подчиненным продумать варианты реализации северного мяса, рыбы и дикоросов в России и за пределами страны.

По его словам, необходимо изучить успешный опыт Ямало-Ненецкого автономного округа, который реализует животноводческую продукцию хозяйств представителей коренных народов Севера не только в Сибири, но в Германии и [...]

Российские информационные агентства передают, что 20 ноября Госдума РФ приняла в третьем чтении проект федерального бюджета на 2010 год и плановый период 2011 и 2012 годов.
В итоговом бюджете расходы на государственную поддержку северного оленеводства составили всего 180 млн. руб.

There was an interesting interview in RusBusiness News recently with Aleksandr Mazharov, the Director of the Department for International and Interregional Relations of YaNAO (Yamal Nenets Autonomous Okrug). Obviously, the vast majority and indeed focus of the Yamal economy is its oil and gas reserves.  95.5% of the regions exported products were oil and gas [...]

That might sound obvious to readers of this blog, however if a message is worth saying, it worth repeating and often it is more important who actually says the message.. Stein Mathisen, the head of Innovation Norway, (a state agency with 700 employees that was set up to make nationwide industrial development profitable to both [...]

Reindeer meat from Finnish Lapland is now recognized in the EU as a product with a high level of quality and as a traditional product. This means that reindeer meat from Lapland in Finland was added to the regulation of Parma ham and other similar products, among which is a protected designation of origin (PDO). 
The [...]

Wind power, power lines and hydroelectric power development in the years ahead may lead to new huge encroachments in the Sámi reindeer herding areas in Norway. Around 260 such projects are now being examined in the offices of the  Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), according to a story in today’s NRK Sami Radio.
The leader [...]

Ingen sänkt bensinskatt för rennäringen / No lowered Fuel duty for reindeerhusbandry
Regeringen har för flera år sen sänkt skatten för bränsle som används i jord- och skogsbruk. Men när det gäller skattelättnader för bränsle i rennäringen så säger regeringen nej. ”Diskriminering”, menar renägarförbundet.
The government has for several years ago lowered the tax on fuel used [...]

Samebyarna får fortsätta att vänta på besked om när resterande rovdjursersättningar kan betalas ut av Sametinget. Sametingets begäran om mera pengar från regeringen, internbereds fortfarande.Allt talar för att Sametinget antingen får låna av sina egna pengar för nästa år, eller att Finansdepartementet går med på att utöka checkkrediten för Sametinget med nio miljoner kronor. Det [...]

Although the deal to get start up aid from Sami Parliament will be two months, many of the reindeer who sought assistance had to wait up to one year. Margret Fjell Power waited almost a year and a half for clearance and she is very critical to the Sámi Parliament slow processing.
Trots att handläggningstiden för [...]

So said Toomas Ilves, the President of Estonia, as he marched his delegation out of last weeks Finno Ugric Congress in Khanty Mansisk. Ilves even called for the European Union to become engaged in protecting Finno Ugric languages. These remarks were designed to irritate Russia, no doubt, as more than 2 million Finno Ugrian [...]