Mammoth fauna in arctic Yakutia
N.D. KIRILLIN1, A.A. PAKHOMOV2
1State Committee on Geology and Subsoil Use of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Kirov st., 13, Yakutsk, 677892, Russia
2Presidium of Yakut Scientific Center, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrov-sky st., 2, Yakutsk, 677980, Russia
Keywords: Якутия, Арктика, мамонтовая фауна, ископаемая мамонтовая кость, федеральный закон, костеносная провинция, Yakutia, Arctic, mammoth fauna, fossil mammoth ivory, federal law, bone-bearing province
Subsection: Regions of Russia: Figures and Facts
Abstract
The subject of this study is mammoth fauna resources in Arctic regions of the Russian Federation, including the bone-bearing locality in the northern part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The article estimates the quantity offossil mammoth ivory of the Northern-Yakut bone-bearing province. It also justifies the creation of federal law on the rational use ofmammoth fauna as an exclusive geocryogenic natural resource traditionally used by indigenous peoples of the North of Russia. We present proposals for inclusion of fossil mammoth ivory in the All-Russian Classifier of Mineral Resources and Subsoil Water.
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