DOI

10.24411/1728-323X-2018-15022

Section

Ecology

Title

CONTEMPORARY STATE AND POSSIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE POPULATION OF COMMERCIAL AND GAME MAMMAL SPECIES IN THE VICINITY OF THE TOMTOR FIELD OF RARE-EARTH METALS

Сontributors

Ya. L.  Vol'pert, Ph. D. (Biology), Dr. Habil, Head Scientist Researcher, Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Yakutsk, Russia.

V. A.  Danilov, Junior Scientist Researcher, Research Institute for Applied Ecology of the North, Ammosov North-Eastern Federal University, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Yakutsk, Russia

M. M.  Sidorov,  Ph.D. (Biology), Scientist Researcher of the Institute for Biological Problems of Cryolithozone, SB RAS, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Yakutsk, Russia

Abstract

During the period of 2015-2016 a study of commercial and game mammal species in the inter-riverine region of the Anabar and Olenyok Rivers was carried out in the area of the Tomtor Field of rare-earth metals. The main method used for material collection was winter route censuses. The main commercial and game species of the region is the wild reindeer, and among the fur-producing species there are the arctic fox and sable. All commercial and game species in the area of the research have rather low population density, which is a consequence of the geographic location of the region. The area of the designed enterprise is crossed by migration routes of the wild reindeer. Mining for rare-earth metals and, in particular, the development of the road network associated with it can have a negative impact on the herd, unless special measures are taken to minimize the negative impact. In particular, the following is proposed: complete prohibition of hunting the reindeer in the vicinity of the road; closing the road except for special transport; organizing monitoring of the reindeer migration in the road area with radio transmitters; during the periods of active migration, closing the road completely for all transport, with special attention towards preventing the hunting of the reindeer near the road in this period; to prevent the increase of the radiation background of meat products, limiting the penetration of the reindeer into the sanitary protection zone of the enterprise by fencing it off.

Keywords

the Anabar River, density, commercial and game mammals, wild reindeer, the Tomtor Field of rare-earth metals, minimization of the negative impact.

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