Saving Russia's Far Eastern Taiga

June, 1999
Josh Newell
Siberia Hotspot Program
Friend of the Earth - Japan

【CONTENTS】
Acknowledgements
Useful Terms

Introduction (18KB)

Part I: Overview (131KB)

I. Forests of Russia
II. Forests of the Russian Far East (RFE)
III. Importance of Protecting RFE Forests
IV. Major Causes of Deforestation
V. Protected Area System of Russia
VI. An Analysis of the Protected Area System of the RFE
VII. Conserving Forests: The RFE Biodiversity Hotspot Study
VIII.Recommendations
IX. Concluding Remarks
X. References/Bibliography

Part II: Region by Region Studies: Protected Areas and Forest Hotspots

A.. Introduction to the Regional Analysis (42KB)

I. Primorskiy Region (74KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots

II. Khabarovsk Region (95KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots
Note: The Khabarovsk region includes both the Khabarovsk Krai and Jewish Autonomous Oblast administration divisions.

III. Sakhalin Region (54KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots

IV. Amur Region (68KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots

V. Kamchatka Region (116KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots
Note: The Kamchatka region includes both the Kamchatka oblast and Koryak Autonomous okrug administrative divisions.

VI. Republic of Sakha (59KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots

VII. Magadan and Chukotka Regions (41KB)
Overview
Protected Areas
Forest Hotspots
Note: Both Magadan oblast and Chukotka autonomous okrug are include in this section.

Appendixes

Endangered Species in the Russian Far East (33KB)

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