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		<title>Herders, Farmers Threaten to Shoot Reindeer From Norway</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/07/09/herders-farmers-threaten-to-shoot-reindeer-from-norway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Norway]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grazing Conflict]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Farmers and herders in Northern Finland have threatened to shoot reindeer from Norway.  &#8220;Between December 2009 and May 2010, we have set up a tent, and sent back about 4200 Norwegian reindeer, &#8221; said Assistant Police Chief in Peräpohjola police in Finland, Ossi Hyvönen.  Hyvönen estimated the damage to pastures to be as much as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Farmers and herders in Northern Finland have threatened to shoot reindeer from Norway.  &#8220;Between  December 2009 and May 2010, we have set up a tent, and sent back about 4200  Norwegian reindeer, &#8221; said Assistant Police Chief in Peräpohjola police  in Finland, Ossi Hyvönen.  Hyvönen estimated the damage to pastures to be as much as 120,000 Euros, just under 1 Million NOK, according to a reports NRK Radio. &#8220;In particular the farmers are very angry. If we have no choice, we may have to shoot some reindeer before the reindeer owners on the Norwegian side pay attention. More fences on the Norwegian side of the border were discussed as being a solution the issue. Source: <a href="http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/troms_og_finnmark/1.7203912" target="_blank">NRK</a></p>
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		<title>Iceland&#8217;s Reindeer and the Volcano&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/05/13/icelands-reindeer-and-the-volcano/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:20:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iceland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the world has heard a lot about the impact of the Icelandic volcano on air traffic and the economy, what about its impact on Iceland&#8217;s reindeer? In the last few weeks, the world could hardly have failed to have heard about the Icelandic volcano with the difficult to pronounce (for non Icelandic speakers) name. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/volcano21.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1245" style="margin: 5px;" title="volcano2" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/volcano21-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a><strong>While the world has heard a lot about the impact of the   Icelandic volcano on air traffic and the economy, what about its impact   on Iceland&#8217;s reindeer?<br />
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In the last few weeks, the world   could hardly have failed to have heard about the Icelandic volcano  with  the difficult to pronounce (for non Icelandic speakers) name. Air   traffic has been disrupted across Europe and airlines have lost over a   billion dollars in lost revenue. The impact on the regions climate is   unclear but has been the topic of much speculation.</p>
<p>The Reindeer  Portal contacted Iceland&#8217;s reindeer expert Skarphéðinn G. Þórisson of  the Náttúrustofa Austurlands (East Iceland Natural History Institute),  in Egilsstadir for an update of the impact of the volcano on the  country&#8217;s reindeer. Read the full article <a href="http://icr.arcticportal.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1424%3Aicelands-reindeer-and-the-volcano&amp;catid=2%3Afeature-archive&amp;Itemid=7&amp;lang=en" target="_self">here on the Reindeer Portal</a>.</p>
<p>(Photo by <a href="http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/1904" target="_blank">Ólafur Sigurjónsson</a>)</p>
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		<title>ВОСЕМЬСОТ КИЛОГРАММОВ РОГОВ</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/05/10/%d0%b2%d0%be%d1%81%d0%b5%d0%bc%d1%8c%d1%81%d0%be%d1%82-%d0%ba%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d0%bc%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b2-%d1%80%d0%be%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reindeer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Antler smuggling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Каковы реальные объемы браконьерства в Карелии? На российско-литовской границе задержали петрозаводских предпринимателей, пытавшихся незаконно вывезти более 800 (!) килограммов рогов северных оленей. Произошло это на карельской таможне, где нарушители оформляли разрешение на экспорт рогов лося и их лома. Как рассказали нам в пресс-службе карельской таможни, у их сотрудников сразу возникло подозрение, что только рогами лося [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Каковы реальные объемы браконьерства в Карелии?</p>
<p>На российско-литовской границе задержали петрозаводских предпринимателей, пытавшихся незаконно вывезти более 800 (!) килограммов рогов северных оленей.</p>
<p>Произошло это на карельской таможне, где нарушители оформляли разрешение на экспорт рогов лося и их лома. Как рассказали нам в пресс-службе карельской таможни, у их сотрудников сразу возникло подозрение, что только рогами лося тут дело не ограничится. Но производить &#8220;усиленный&#8221; досмотр груза наши таможенники не стали, они сообщили о своих подозрениях коллегам на пропускном пункте Бурачки в Псковской области. Так нарушителей удалось задержать с поличным. В фургоне их грузовика обнаружилось 495 единиц рогов оленей и даже несколько рогов барана. Понятное дело, эти товары никак не были задекларированы, никаких документов на них не было. Вся история усугубилась еще и тем, что несколько недель назад в Лоухском районе браконьеры расстреляли 14 северных оленей, занесенных в Красную книгу Карелии. Если опасения карельских таможенников подтвердятся, то реальный размах браконьерства и убийства северных оленей в Карелии шокирует.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rep.ru/21Apr2010/crime/01.html" target="_blank">Karelskaya  Gubernya</a></p>
<p>– Сейчас идет экспертиза рогов, – объясняют в пресс-службе карельской таможни. – Охотоведы нам объяснили, что в Карелии добывать северных оленей запрещено, а вот в Якутии и Мурманской области их можно отстреливать. Так что нам сейчас нужно установить, принадлежат или нет конфискованные рога карельским северным оленям.</p>
<p>Если да, то нарушители не ограничатся только штрафом, будет идти речь и об уголовном деле.</p>
<p>Оказывается, на вывоз даже пары рогов северных оленей нужно иметь лицензию, которую выдают специалисты ветеринарного контроля Россельхознадзора РК.</p>
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		<title>Reindeer Antler Smugglers Caught</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/05/10/reindeer-antler-smugglers-caught/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 18:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group of businessmen from the Republic of Karelia in April unsuccessful tried to smuggle 800 kg of reindeer horns from Russia to Latvia. The smugglers where caught by customs officers in Pskov Oblast near the border to Latvia. In the truck, the customs officers found 495 units of reindeer horn with a total weight [...]]]></description>
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<div><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/antler.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1238" style="margin: 5px;" title="antler" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/antler.jpg" alt="" width="264" height="235" /></a>A group of businessmen from the Republic of  Karelia in April unsuccessful tried to smuggle 800 kg of reindeer horns  from Russia to Latvia.</div>
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<p>The smugglers where caught by customs officers in  Pskov Oblast near the border to Latvia. In the truck, the customs  officers found 495 units of reindeer horn with a total weight of more  than 800 kg. The goods had no customs declaration, nor any other  documentation, weekly newspaper <a href="http://www.rep.ru/21Apr2010/crime/01.html" target="_blank">Karelskaya  Gubernya</a> reports</p>
<p>The revealed smuggling attempt might indicate large-scale reindeer  poaching in Karelia, regional authorities say. Specialists now  investigate whether the horns stem from Karelia or from the neighboring  Murmansk Oblast.</p>
<p>While reindeer hunting is strictly forbidden in Karelia, Murmansk  Oblast has a functioning reindeer industry operated primarily by the  indigenous Sami population. Several thousand reindeer use the rich  pasture lands of the Kola Peninsula.  <a href="http://www.barentsobserver.com/large-scale-reindeer-smuggling.4781427-116320.html" target="_blank">Source: Barents Observer</a></p>
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		<title>Reindeer Breeding First in Fairbanks</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/05/08/1231/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 11:45:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Source: SitNews) &#8211; Thursday&#8217;s birth of a 10-pound male reindeer calf at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm made worldwide agricultural history: It marks the culmination of the first documented successful pregnancy of a reindeer by artificial insemination using frozen-and-thawed semen. The calf appeared at 3 p.m. on April 22, as University of Alaska Fairbanks Reindeer Research [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/042710_reindeerbirth.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1230" style="margin: 5px;" title="042710_reindeerbirth" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/042710_reindeerbirth.jpg" alt="" width="272" height="240" /></a>(<a href="http://www.sitnews.us/0410news/042710/042710_reindeer_birth.html" target="_blank">Source: SitNews</a>) &#8211; Thursday&#8217;s birth of a 10-pound male reindeer calf at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm made worldwide agricultural history: It marks the culmination of the first documented successful pregnancy of a reindeer by artificial insemination using frozen-and-thawed semen.</p>
<p>The calf appeared at 3 p.m. on April 22, as University of Alaska Fairbanks Reindeer Research Program herdsman Rob Aikman worked nearby. He noticed the calf&#8217;s mother, a 2 1/2-year-old named Lightning, was having difficulty and went to assist. As he tugged on the calf, he noticed its heart was beating but that the calf was not breathing. After Aikman performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the calf was fine.</p>
<p>In September, seven females were artificially inseminated with frozen semen shipped from Canada. Once in Fairbanks, it was thawed and a veterinarian performed the necessary technique. Six pregnancies did not take.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a first and it&#8217;s a small step,&#8221; said Milan Shipka, an animal scientist at the UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, which runs the Reindeer Research Program. &#8220;We will work to get the bugs out so it will become a tool for reindeer producers.&#8221;</p>
<p>He said the procedure allows reindeer owners to move genetics over great distances without having to move live animals. The Reindeer Research Program is dedicated to the study of reindeer: researching meat science, range management and animal health. The applied science is then shared with reindeer producers.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are absolutely excited,&#8221; said Shipka, who is also a livestock specialist with UAF Cooperative Extension Service. &#8220;Janice Rowell and I have been taking steps to get here and we really appreciate the assistance of the Reindeer Research Program. This is just the beginning.&#8221;</p>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position: absolute; left: -10000px; top: 0px; width: 1px; height: 1px; overflow: hidden;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">(SitNews) &#8211; Thursday&#8217;s birth of a  10-pound male reindeer calf       at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm made worldwide agricultural       history: It marks the culmination of the first documented  successful       pregnancy of a reindeer by artificial insemination using  frozen-and-thawed       semen. </span></p>
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<td width="100%"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><img src="http://www.sitnews.us/0410news/042710/042710_reindeerbirth.jpg" border="0" alt="jpg Fairbanks reindeer birth makes agricultural  history" width="272" height="240" align="BOTTOM" /></span> <span style="font-family: Verdana;">Lightning, a  female             reindeer at the Fairbanks Experiment Farm, rests with her  newborn             calf on Thursday, April 22 at the farm on the UAF campus.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">The calf appeared at 3 p.m.       on April 22, as University of Alaska Fairbanks Reindeer Research       Program herdsman Rob Aikman worked nearby. He noticed the calf&#8217;s       mother, a 2 1/2-year-old named Lightning, was having difficulty       and went to assist. As he tugged on the calf, he noticed its       heart was beating but that the calf was not breathing. After       Aikman performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, the calf was fine.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">In September, seven females       were artificially inseminated with frozen semen shipped from       Canada. Once in Fairbanks, it was thawed and a veterinarian  performed       the necessary technique. Six pregnancies did not take.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&#8220;This is a first and it&#8217;s       a small step,&#8221; said Milan Shipka, an animal scientist at       the UAF School of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences,       which runs the Reindeer Research Program. &#8220;We will work       to get the bugs out so it will become a tool for reindeer  producers.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">He said the procedure allows       reindeer owners to move genetics over great distances without       having to move live animals. The Reindeer Research Program is       dedicated to the study of reindeer: researching meat science,       range management and animal health. The applied science is then       shared with reindeer producers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&#8220;We are absolutely excited,&#8221;       said Shipka, who is also a livestock specialist with UAF  Cooperative       Extension Service. &#8220;Janice Rowell and I have been taking       steps to get here and we really appreciate the assistance of       the Reindeer Research Program. This is just the beginning.&#8221;</span></p>
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		<title>У домашних оленей Якутии демографический взрыв</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/05/05/%d1%83-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b0%d1%88%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%85-%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%b5%d0%bd%d0%b5%d0%b9-%d1%8f%d0%ba%d1%83%d1%82%d0%b8%d0%b8-%d0%b4%d0%b5%d0%bc%d0%be%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%b0%d1%84%d0%b8%d1%87%d0%b5/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 10:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Misha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[На сайте информационного агентства ИА SAKHALIFE.RU опубликована информация о состоянии оленеводства в Якутии. Домашнее оленеводство республики в последние годы развивается очень динамично: растет поголовье оленей, стабилизируются показатели сохранности оленей и тугутов. Основой положительной динамики развития отрасли стало комплексное решение проблем, начиная от производственных и заканчивая решением вопросов социальной направленности. О том, как идет работа в [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div><strong><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img.php_.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1215" style="margin: 6px 10px" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/img.php_.jpg" alt="" width="190" height="125" /></a>На сайте информационного агентства ИА SAKHALIFE.RU опубликована информация о состоянии оленеводства в Якутии. Домашнее оленеводство республики  в последние годы развивается очень динамично: растет поголовье оленей,  стабилизируются показатели сохранности оленей и тугутов. Основой  положительной динамики развития отрасли стало комплексное решение  проблем, начиная от производственных и заканчивая решением вопросов  социальной направленности. О том, как идет работа в отрасли, об  предварительных итогах зимовки, начальных цифрах отела важенок рассказал руководитель департамента традиционных отраслей Севера Минсельхоза Якутии Иван ПАВЛОВ.<br />
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<p><span id="more-1214"></span>- Иван Петрович, каково сегодня поголовье оленей в республике –  следствие напряженного и активного труда оленеводов?<br />
- По данным территориального органа Федеральной службы государственной  статистики по Республике Саха (Якутия) оленеводческие хозяйства всех  категорий республики 2010 год  производственную деятельность начали с  выходным поголовьем – 200861  оленей, в том числе важенок и сыриц –  92786 голов (удельный вес – 46,1 %). По сравнению с 2008 годом за 2009  год увеличение поголовья составило 5,4 %. В прошлом 2009 году деловой  выход тугутов составил в среднем по республике около 56,5 % или было  получено 49911 тугутов, увеличение составило 2,5 %, показатель  сохранности взрослого поголовья в среднем составил 85,4 %.<br />
По оперативным данным управлений сельского хозяйства районов на 1 апреля  с. г. поголовье оленей во всех категориях хозяйств  составляет 188683   голов, это 93,9 % по сравнению с началом года и 106,0 % по сравнению с  соответствующим периодом 2009 года.  Один из важнейших показателей –  маточное поголовье, к текущему периоду имеем 85743 важенок, или это чуть  менее всей  структуры стада (45,4 %).<br />
С таким поголовьем мы вступили в 2010 год, по итогам I квартала  подведены промежуточные итоги. Недавно прошла корализация – одно из  наиболее ответственных работ оленеводом, когда уточняется не просто  поголовье, но и состояние оленей, другие важнейшие аспекты работы. Так,  по итогам 1 квартала выяснили, что оленепоголовье с начала года  уменьшилось на 6,1 %, это средний показатель данного периода.  Непроизводительный отход оленей за отчетный период составил 3,4 % (6876  гол.), наибольшие потери приходятся на потери – 4459,  травеж – 1627  и  падеж &#8211; 796 оленей.<br />
Наибольшее число непроизводительного отхода оленей отмечено в хозяйствах  Томпонского – 7,6 % (1488),  Булунского – 11,1 % (1956), Оленекского –  7,3 % (351) и Олекминского – 7,4% (288).  Вместе с тем, наибольшее число  травежа оленей, от 100 до 170 голов, отмечено в хозяйствах Томпонского и  Момского районов. По данным специалистов оленеводческих хозяйств  причиной травежа оленей стала активизация волков на участках,  малоснежность на маршрутах стад, что затрудняет охоту на волков наземным  путем, запрет на использование яда и неэффективность использования  капкана при малой толщине снежного покрова.<br />
Основной проблемой зимовки стало то, что по Якутии выпало мало снега,  что расширило ареал выпаса оленей, олени истощены, и как всегда, растет  численность волков.</p>
<p>- Хозяйства каких форм сегодня работают в оленеводстве и сколько в них  оленей содержится?<br />
- Сегодня оленеводством занимаются 110 оленеводческих хозяйств, в том  числе 7 государственных унитарных предприятий, 11 муниципальных  унитарных предприятий, по одному открытому акционерному обществу,  обществу ограниченной ответственностью и казенному предприятию, 12  производственных кооперативов, 75 родовых общин и два подсобных хозяйств  предприятий.<br />
Что касается численности оленей по формам собственности, то наибольшее  количество оленей находится в сельскохозяйственных кооперативах – 27%,  далее идут государственные унитарные предприятия (21,9%), родовые общины  (20,4 %), муниципальные унитарные предприятия (14,6 %), личные  подсобные хозяйства населения (12,1%). Наименьшее количество оленей в  ведении казенного предприятия (0,7%), открытого акционерного общества  (3%), общества ограниченной ответственности (0,2%), подсобных хозяйствах  предприятий (0,1%).<br />
Следует отметить, что численность поголовья оленей в республике  увеличивается за счет крупных хозяйств тундровой и горно-таежной зон.  Задача по увеличению поголовья оленей до 2012 года ставится в Абыйском,  Аллаиховском, Момском, Жиганском, Оленекском и группе Колымских улусов,  где имеются обширные оленепастбища и трудовые ресурсы. В данные улусы  планируется поставка племенных оленей из племенных хозяйств республики.</p>
<p>- Иван Петрович, как идет отел на пастбищах? Как настроение оленеводов?<br />
- Весенняя корализация оленей полностью завершена и все оленеводческие  стада достигли пастбищ отела. С середины апреля начался отел оленей.  Первыми, как принято, кампанию начали оленеводы Нижнеколымского и  Аллаиховского районов. Всего по оперативным данным управлений сельского  хозяйств районов на 29 апреля получено живых тугутов – 7.723 гол или  101,1 % к показателю прошлого года (7.641 гол). Оленеводами  Нижнеколымского района получено 4.448, Усть-Янского &#8211; 655 Анабарского –  598 и Булунского – 593 тугутов.<br />
Отдельные районы (Оленекский, Анабарский, Булунский) информируют о  мокрых снегопадах и ветрах, но и там отел начался вовремя. Специалисты  всех районов информируют о готовности оленеводов к проведению отела.  Надеемся, что обязательства, принятые на II съезде оленеводов республики  в с. Сасыр Момского района с  призывом к 65-летию Победы в Великой  Отечественной войне  добиться по итогам года делового выхода тугутов не  менее 60%  и сохранности взрослого поголовья оленей не менее 90%, будут  выполнены.<br />
Так что настроение у оленеводов хорошее, тем более, что за 1 квартал  средства на зарплату оленеводов ушли вовремя.<br />
Ближайшие задачи оленеводов заключаются в оптимальном подборе весенних  пастбищ для проведения отела, максимально сохранить приплод, поголовье.  Идет работа по переброске продовольствия, снаряжения, дров (для  тундровой зоны). Необходимо качественно заготовить, хранить и  организовать перевозку сырых пантов с участков кочевания. Необходимо  также усилить работу охотников-волчатников.</p>
<p><a href="http://sakhalife.ru/news/24031.html" target="_blank">Источник</a></p>
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		<title>Sami Council Criticize German Bank Funding of Wind Power on Reindeer Pastures</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/04/19/sami-council-criticize-german-bank-funding-of-wind-power-on-reindeer-pastures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saami Council, the NGO that represents the Sami people in all four countries in which they live have released a strongly worded press release criticising the German bank KfW IPEX for their funding of a giant wind power project in Sami reindeer herding areas, in contravention of the OECD Convention on Multilateral Enterprises. In [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/15506461img5506442.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-486" style="margin: 5px;" title="15506461img5506442" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/15506461img5506442-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a>The Saami Council, the NGO that represents the Sami people in all four countries in which they live have released a strongly worded press release criticising the German bank KfW IPEX for their funding of a giant wind power project in Sami reindeer herding areas, in contravention of the OECD Convention on Multilateral Enterprises.</p>
<p>In their complaint the Saami Council argue that the project is  socially unsustainable and in breach of Saami rights.</p>
<p>The Swedish government has granted planning permission for the  world’s largest land based wind power park to be built in the  municipality of Piteå, Sweden, where the Saami community of <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=%C3%96stra+Kikkejaur&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=%C3%96stra+Kikkejaur&amp;hnear=&amp;ll=65.595652,19.2556&amp;spn=0.093764,0.450096&amp;z=12" target="_blank">Östra  Kikkejaur</a> have their winter reindeer herding pastures. The wind power  park will consist of over 1000 wind turbines, an 800 km road, and  extensive infrastructure, which means that reindeer herding in the area  will be severely restricted.</p>
<blockquote><p>”The Swedish state has admitted that the project will destroy at least 25% of the Saami community’s winter reindeer herding pastures, but the state has argued that renewable energy is more important than Saami rights. The financier of the project’s first phase, the German bank KfW IPEX-Bank, has defended their investment by referring to the Swedish state’s approval of the project. But the state planning permission, and thereby KfW IPEX-Bank’s financing,  are in breach of international law because Saami rights are not being respected”, says Mattias Åhrén, president for the Saami Council.</p>
<p>Download the Press Release <a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1004-Press-release-Markbygden.doc">1004 Press release Markbygden</a></p>
<p>Download the Letter of Noticification to the Bank KfW IPEX <a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1004-Markbygden-OECD.doc">1004 Markbygden OECD</a></p></blockquote>
<p><strong>Text of the full press release below<span id="more-1193"></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>German bank finances giant wind power project in breach of Saami rights </strong></p>
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<p>Saami Council has today lodged a complaint over the German KfW IPEX-Bank’s financing of a giant wind power project on Saami reindeer herding territories. The wind power project risks making reindeer herding unviable in the area and is therefore in breach of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. In their complaint the Saami Council argue that the project is socially unsustainable and in breach of Saami rights.</p>
<p>The Swedish government has granted planning permission for the world’s largest land based wind power park to be built in the municipality of Piteå, Sweden, where the Saami community of Östra Kikkejaur have their winter reindeer herding pastures. The wind power park will consist of over 1000 wind turbines, an 800 km road, and extensive infrastructure, which means that reindeer herding in the area will be severely restricted.</p>
<p>”The Swedish state has admitted that the project will destroy at least 25% of the Saami community’s winter reindeer herding pastures, but the state has argued that renewable energy is more important than Saami rights. The financier of the project’s first phase, the German bank KfW IPEX-Bank, has defended their investment by referring to the Swedish state’s approval of the project. But the state planning permission, and thereby KfW IPEX-Bank’s financing,  are in breach of international law because Saami rights are not being respected”, says Mattias Åhrén, president for the Saami Council.</p>
<p>The Saami community has been in contact with the German bank, KfW IPEX-Bank, and highlighted the fact that the bank’s financing of the project is not in line with the bank’s commitments regarding human rights, indigenous rights, and environmental sustainability. The Saami community has also requested a meeting with the bank, but the bank has ignored the community’s request. In their communication with the community KfW IPEX-Bank claim that the bank’s commitments do not apply to projects in OECD countries, and therefore are not relevant to Sweden. The bank argues that they follow Swedish law and the decisions of Swedish public authorities, and that this is guarantee enough that Saami rights are respected.</p>
<p>”The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises apply of course to projects in all countries, and Sweden is no exception. We look forward to a dialog with the German government regarding KfW IPEX-Bank’s investment in this controversial project. It is a myth that Sweden respects human rights”, says Mattias Åhrén, president for the Saami Council.</p>
<p>Sweden has received repeated and harsh international critique from the UN Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination and the UN Human Rights Committee because Sweden breaches Saami land rights by not regulating resource development activities on traditional Saami lands and does not give Saami communities the opportunity for effective participation in decisions that affect them.</p>
<p>Contact: Mattias Åhrén, President, Saami Council +47 47 37 91 61</p>
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		<title>Reindeer Ferry Warming Up in Norway</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In northern Norway, summer pastures for reindeer are often located on the coastal islands of Finnmark and Troms counties. Traditionally, reindeer swim across from the mainland to the islands but with increasing pasture losses and migratory route fragmentation, since the early 1970s, many herders use a reindeer &#8216;ferry&#8217; to transport reindeer over distances that have [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Pramming_rein_536_F_aan.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1184" style="margin: 5px;" title="Pramming_rein_536_F_aan" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Pramming_rein_536_F_aan-300x183.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="183" /></a>In northern Norway, summer pastures for reindeer are often located on the coastal islands of Finnmark and Troms counties. Traditionally, reindeer swim across from the mainland to the islands but with increasing pasture losses and migratory route fragmentation, since the early 1970s, many herders use a reindeer &#8216;ferry&#8217; to transport reindeer over distances that have now become too far to swim (reindeer are exellent swimmers).</p>
<p>Reindeer ferry season is about to begin this year on April 20th from Balnes in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;q=Balsfjord,+Troms,+Norway&amp;sll=43.665215,-79.400761&amp;sspn=0.010679,0.014527&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;cd=1&amp;geocode=FUOLIAQdqIwlAQ&amp;split=0&amp;hq=&amp;hnear=Balsfjord,+Troms,+Norway&amp;ll=69.162558,19.441681&amp;spn=0.336094,0.929718&amp;z=10" target="_blank">Balsfjord </a>and some 15,000 reindeer from 20 reindeer herding districts will make the ferry ride by May 9th.  National Geographic featured a short article on this unusual form of transport in collaboration with the International Centre for Reindeer Husbandry which you can read <a href="http://icr.arcticportal.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=1019%3Anational-geographic-article-on-reindeer-husbandry-with-icr&amp;catid=21%3Anews-2009&amp;Itemid=4&amp;lang=en" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/lmd/aktuelt/nyheter/2010/April-10/Reindrift-15-000-rein-til-sommerbeite-i-pram.html?id=599853" target="_blank">LMD</a></p>
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		<title>Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration Advises Caution</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/03/29/norwegian-reindeer-husbandry-administration-advises-caution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration is advising people in the northern Troms and Nordland areas to be particularly aware of reindeer this spring due to difficult grazing and operating conditions.  Easter is a hugely popular holiday period for Norwegians and people are on the move and outdoors.  Reindeer in northern Troms and Nordland have had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/yamal_thumb.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1119" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="yamal_thumb" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/yamal_thumb.jpg" alt="" width="199" height="150" /></a>The Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration is advising people in the northern Troms and Nordland areas to be particularly aware of reindeer this spring due to difficult grazing and operating conditions.  Easter is a hugely popular holiday period for Norwegians and people are on the move and outdoors.  Reindeer in northern Troms and Nordland have had difficult weather conditions this winter resulting in very poor grazing conditions with deep snow in the forest and lowlands, and a lot of crust and icing in the mountains. They advise that it is important to avoid unrest and disturbances that add additional stress to the reindeer. Especially now as reindeer are heading towards spring and the calving period in May, meaning it is important that reindeer get rest and take care of their last reserves to ensure survival for both adult animals and calves.</p>
<p>The Press release continues that  traffic such as snowmobiling which can be illegal and dogs that are not under control in the grazing areas can cause a lot of problems  for the industry, which are exacerbated after difficult winter conditions. By law, dogs are supposed to be on a lead between April 1-August 20 when near reindeer grazing areas.</p>
<p>More information here at the <a href="http://www.reindrift.no/?id=5090&amp;subid=0" target="_blank">Norwegian Reindeer Husbandry Administration</a>.</p>
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		<title>Reindeer body clock switched off (BBC)</title>
		<link>http://www.reindeerblog.org/2010/03/16/reindeer-body-clock-switched-off-bbc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Burgess</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reindeer have no internal body clock, according to scientists. Researchers found that the animals are missing a &#8220;circadian clock&#8221; that influences processes including the sleep-wake cycle and metabolism. This enables them to better cope with the extreme Arctic seasons of polar day, when the sun stays up all day, and polar night, when it does [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><a href="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/picture.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1149" style="margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" title="picture" src="http://www.reindeerblog.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/picture-300x225.jpg" alt="picture" width="300" height="225" /></a>Reindeer have no internal body clock, according to  scientists.</strong></p>
<p>Researchers found that the animals are missing a  &#8220;circadian clock&#8221; that influences processes including the sleep-wake  cycle and metabolism.</p>
<p>This enables them to better cope with the  extreme Arctic seasons of polar day, when the sun stays up all day, and  polar night, when it does not rise.</p>
<p>The team from the  universities of Manchester and Tromso report their study in <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VRT-4YK7PTR-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_coverDate=03%2F11%2F2010&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=411ea8fc1ec9f6a9e19137f8f821479d" target="_blank">Current  Biology journal</a>.<span id="more-1165"></span></p>
<p><!-- E SF -->The body clock, or circadian clock,  is the internal mechanism that drives hormone release on a rhythmic  24-hour cycle.</p>
<p>Light also influences these hormonal rhythms, but  in most mammals, this &#8220;circuit&#8221; also involves the circadian clock, which  can influence the release of hormones without the influence of light.</p>
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<p>Anyone who has experienced jet lag is familiar with the effect of the  body clock.</p>
<p>But the research team from research institutes in  the UK and Norway found that, in Arctic reindeer, this circadian clock  was absent.</p>
<p>Professor Andrew Loudon from The University of  Manchester took part in the study.</p>
<p>He said that the reindeer may  have &#8220;abandoned use of the daily clock that drives biological rhythms&#8221;  in order to survive the extreme conditions in the Arctic.</p>
<p>He and  his colleagues studied reindeer living in Northern Norway, 500 km north  of the Arctic circle. Here there are 15 weeks of continuous daylight in  summer and eight weeks during the winter where the Sun does not appear  over the horizon.</p>
<p>They investigated levels of the hormone called  melatonin &#8211; which is important in the sleep-wake cycle &#8211; in the  reindeer&#8217;s blood</p>
<p>They found that there was no natural internal  rhythm of melatonin release into the blood &#8211; the hormone simply  responded to the cycle of light and dark.</p>
<p>Professor Loudon said  he believed that evolution had &#8220;come up with a means of switching off  the cellular clockwork&#8221; and that the result was &#8220;a lack of internal  daily timekeeping in these animals&#8221;.</p>
<p>He commented: &#8220;Such daily  clocks may be positively a hindrance in environments where there is no  reliable light dark cycle for much of the year.</p>
<p>Organisms use  their circadian clocks to correspond with their living environment; but  if their environment has a very different cycle, it may be better to  follow that rather than use the internal clock.</p>
<p>&#8220;This could be  the case for a range of animals living at the poles of the Earth or in  the depths of the ocean.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8565233.stm" target="_blank">Original Source &#8211; BBC</a></p>
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