The current state of the Wild Reindeer in Russia.

General overview of the situation.

Ivan MizinBarents office of WWF Russia

Russian Arctic National Park

Historical dynamics of reindeer abundance in Russia –

domestic and wild forms of the species

Taxonomy of the Wild Reindeer in Russia

Situation with Reindeer subspecies in Russia.

Official data 1 100 000 wild reindeer (2017)

Map of the overview of wild reindeer populations

# Region of Russian Federation Year of Red Data Book

publishing

Subspecies of Reindeer

(or as mentioned at RDB)

Category by this RDB

1 Murmansk 2014 Rangifer tarandus tarandus 3 (NT)

2 Karelia republic 2007 Rangifer tarandus fennicus 3 (LC)

3 Arkhangelsk 2008 (as amended of 2015) Rangifer tarandus pearsoni

Rangifer tarandus tarandus

4 (I)

2 (V)

4 Nenets autonomic district 2006 Rangifer tarandus Linneus 2 (V)

5 Komi republic 2008 Rangifer tarandus tarandus 2 (V)

6 Kirov 2001 (as amended of 2011) Rangifer tarandus tarandus 1

7 Nizhny Novgorod 2003 (as amended of 2012) Rangifer tarandus L. 0 (disappeared)

8 Tyumen 2004 Rangifer tarandus Linnaeus 3

9 Yamalo-Nenetskii Autonomic district 2010 Rangifer tarandus tarandus 1

10 Novosibirsk 2008 Rangifer tarandus L. 3

11 Kemerovo 2012 Rangifer tarandus angustirostris 3

12 Krasnoyarsk 2012 Rangifer tarandus valentinae 2

13 Irkutsk 2010 Rangifer tarandus valentinae 3

14 Khakassia republic 2003 Rangifer tarandus valentinae 2

15 Altai republic 2007 Rangifer tarandus valentinae 2 (EN)

16 Tyva republic 2002 Rangifer tarandus fennicus 3

17 Buryatia republic 2013 Rangifer tarandus angustirostris 2 (VU)

18 Kamchatka 2006 Rangifer tarandus phylarchus 2

19 Sakhalin 2007 (as amended of 2011) Rangifer tarandus phylarchus Rare species

20 Chukotka autonomic district 2007

Rangifer tarandus phylarchus

Rangifer tarandus sibiricus

Subspecies are in the

Appendix and not in the

main Book.

Red Data Book of Russian Federation of

2004

Subspecies of Reindeer Category

Rangifer tarandus pearsoni 5

Rangifer tarandus angustirostris 3

Conservation status of the Wild reindeer in Russian regions

2010th – what do we have nowThe middle and end of the XX century

Wild forest reindeer of European Part of Russia –

the most vulnerable populations

General base focal points for the wild reindeer

protection and monitoring in Russia.

1. Wild reindeer condition has a negative trend in Russia.

2. The number of wild reindeer is declining, its habitats are destroyed (old-

growth forests, calving grounds in tundra, migration routes).

3. Reindeer is one of the most attractive targets for poaching.

4. There is a conflict between reindeer husbandry and wild reindeer in some

regions.

1. Reindeer is a species that is well recognized by people and attractive for

people.

2. Reindeer is the symbol of the sustainable and responsible environmental

management in the Arctic.