Putorana nature reserve

Poutorana nature reserve
Poutorana nature reserve
IUCN category Ia (strict nature reserve)
	View of the Poutorana plateau
Location	Russia
Coordinates	68°52′34″N 94°46′39″E / 68.87611°N 94.77750°E
Area	1,887,252 ha

Poutorana nature reserve

Poutorana nature reserve (Krasnoyarsk Krai)

The Poutorana nature reserve ( Путоранский заповедник ) is a nature reserve of State located in Russian Federation owned since August 2010 in the list of World Heritage prepared by the UNESCO. It is located in the northwestern part of the Central Siberian Plateau and includes the Poutorana Plateau . It covers an area of 1,887,252 hectares of which 1,773,300 are monitored. Its headquarters are in Norilsk.

Reserve missions

Nature conservation and protection composed of lakes, mountain ranges and taïga
Protection and study of its flora
Protection and study of its fauna, including certain animals, such as the Snow sheep ( Ovis nivicola borealis ), are listed in the Russian Red Book of endangered species. Conservation and study of the wild reindeer population , the number of which is the largest in the world here.

World Heritage

The territory of the nature reserve was registered in August 2010 in the list of World Heritage of UNESCO, for this isolated area of high plateau and mountains is ideal for studying the ecosystem arctic and subarctic, such as taïgataiga , the semi-wooded tundra, or the arctic desert. The lakes and rivers in the area offer an example of a natural system untouched by humans and are another reason for the inscription of the territory as World Heritage, as well as the migrations of the wild reindeer that we observe here.