A second monitoring and protection station for forest bison will be opened in the Gorny District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) with the support of Sakhaneft (part of IOC).

The new station will be located in the Naacha area of the Gorny District of Yakutia, within the Sinyaya Nature Park. Work on its construction is scheduled to be completed in August-September 2025.

The facility will be used as a monitoring station during the rutting season and winter feeding of animals, as well as a field camp during the haymaking campaign, a transshipment base for transporting feed, and an inspection cordon.

As a reminder, the company has been implementing the "Reintroduction of the Forest Bison in Central Yakutia" project since last year. The first bison reserve, "Naman," was opened in March this year in the Olekminsky district of Yakutia on the territory of the "Keikte" resource reserve, one of whose tasks is the formation and winter maintenance of the forest bison breeding stock. The first bison calves were brought to the station from the Tympynai nursery in the Gorny District.

The program was initiated by the Ministry of Ecology, Nature Management, and Forestry of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) and is being implemented by the Directorate of Biological Resources, Specially Protected Natural Areas, and Natural Parks of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The project aims to increase the population of bison listed in the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

In 2024, Sakhaneft and the regional Directorate for Biological Resources, Specially Protected Natural Areas and Nature Parks signed a cooperation agreement. In addition to setting up monitoring stations, the company covered the costs of operating and maintaining the station, transporting young bison from nurseries, and providing feed.

The company is actively involved in environmental protection issues in the regions where it operates. For example, to preserve biodiversity, Sakhaneft releases fry into the Vilyui Reservoir in the Mirninsky District every year. In just two years of implementing the restocking program in Yakutia, more than 600,000 young peled fish have been released. The company also organizes environmental campaigns to collect plastic and waste paper in Mirny.

The IOC Group is one of the independent producers of hydrocarbons in Eastern Siberia. Founded in 2000, the company conducts geological studies, exploration, and development of subsoil areas in the Irkutsk Region, Krasnoyarsk Region, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company ranks first among the top five employers in the "Energy, Extraction, and Processing of Raw Materials" category and is included in the top 50 employers in the hh rating.

A second bison farm will open in Yakutia with the support of Sakhaneft