TY - GEN

T1 - Changes in reindeer population numbers in Russia: an effect of the political context or of climate?

AU - Klokov, Konstantin

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - This paper analyses trends in domesticated reindeer numbers at the federal, regional, and local levels based on official statistics and interviews with herders in different northern districts across Russia. During the second half of the last century, the domesticated reindeer population in Russia shifted dramatically from a minimum of 1.2 from a maximum of 2.5 million head. The most important trends were connected to changes in social and economic conditions were linked to government directives. Post-Soviet reforms in the 1990s resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in the total number of domesticated reindeer. However in some regions, these political events had the opposite effect. The contrast was due to the abilities of herdersto adapt to the new conditions. A detailed analysis of these adaptations reveals an important difference between reindeer-holding enterprises with common ownership (i.e. kolkhozes, sovkhozes, municipal enterprises, etc.) and households with family owned reindeer. The paper concludes tha

AB - This paper analyses trends in domesticated reindeer numbers at the federal, regional, and local levels based on official statistics and interviews with herders in different northern districts across Russia. During the second half of the last century, the domesticated reindeer population in Russia shifted dramatically from a minimum of 1.2 from a maximum of 2.5 million head. The most important trends were connected to changes in social and economic conditions were linked to government directives. Post-Soviet reforms in the 1990s resulted in a nearly 50% reduction in the total number of domesticated reindeer. However in some regions, these political events had the opposite effect. The contrast was due to the abilities of herdersto adapt to the new conditions. A detailed analysis of these adaptations reveals an important difference between reindeer-holding enterprises with common ownership (i.e. kolkhozes, sovkhozes, municipal enterprises, etc.) and households with family owned reindeer. The paper concludes tha

KW - atmospheric circulation

KW - domesticated reindeer

KW - households

KW - indigenous peoples

KW - post-Soviet reforms

KW - reindeer enterprises

KW - reindeer husbandry

KW - reindeer populations

KW - Russia

KW - taiga

KW - trends of reindeer numbers

KW - tundra

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - ISSN: 1890-6729

SP - 19

EP - 33

BT - Proceedings of the 13 th North American Caribou Workshop Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

ER -