Herder Vasiliy Pyak uses a lasso to catch one of his reindeer.

Surgutneftegaz, the Russian oil and gas company which already owns large oil reserves in the Numto natural park in Siberia, wants to get access to one of its most valuable areas, the wetlands, where industrial development is currently prohibited. The Numto wetlands regulate hydrological regimes of 7 rivers that feed into the Ob River and the Arctic Ocean and also serve as key habitat for threatened and endangered plant and animal species.
Indigenous reindeer herders living in the area are the most affected by the expansion of the oil industry.