Limits of hunting resources extraction on the territory of Tatarstan for the period from August 1, 2022 to August 1, 2023 have been approved
The state ecological expertise on the object "Draft Decree of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan "On approval of the limit of hunting resources extraction in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan for the period from August 1, 2022 to August 1, 2023" has been completed.
The customer of the state ecological expertise is the State Committee of the Republic of Tatarstan for Biological Resources. As invited experts, Alexey Pavlov, Director of the Volga–Kama Biosphere Reserve, Head of the expert commission, Eric Zainulgabidinov, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnologies of the IPEN of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan, took part in the examination. Experts from the Ministry were employees of the Department of evaluation of planned activities Ilnaz Fathullin and Hindiya Galieva.
Let us recall that production limits and quotas (elk, Siberian roe deer, lynx, badger) are approved annually, which allows the use of hunting resources without causing damage to the reproduction of populations. A distinctive feature of the new project is that for the first time the results of counting the number of red deer are included in the project materials. In addition, since this year, updated methods of accounting for the number of hunting resources have been applied – methods of winter route census, aerial count.
The Expert Commission noted the compliance of the submitted materials with environmental requirements, the level of environmental impact during the removal of animals (elk – 683 individuals, Siberian roe deer – 521 individuals, red deer – 0 individuals, lynx – 4 individuals, badger - 197 individuals) is acceptable.