Overgrowing of disturbed reindeer pastures in the Nenets autonomous region on the example of the quarry of mineral soil

• Main Authors: O. D. Kononov, A. I. Popov, S. A. Uvarov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Russian
• Published: Federal Agricultural Research Center of the North-East named N.V. Rudnitsky 2016
• Subjects: sand quarry; overgrowing; tundra; grasslands; restoration; vegetation cover; Agriculture; S; Shapkina; nenets; Nenets Autonomous Okrug; Tundra
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/49bcd3f5aa2a4bd1936b526120d6feaa

Most (73%) of the land fund of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (NAO) is occupied with reindeer pastures. At the same time, the NAO is one of the most perspective regions for oil and gas. Large areas of pasture are drained under field development and exploration which after completion of construction and...