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Tigers
Home of the Siberian Tiger
Russia's Primorye Region
Primorsky’s rich forest lands and Sikhote-Alin mountains shelter most of the last Siberian tigers on the planet, as well as the critically endangered Amur leopard. The area's dense forests are also home to indigenous Udege peoples, many of whom hunt and fish for subsistence. Vladivostok, a major port supporting Russia's largest fishing industry, is located here, close to Primorsky’s border with China and Korea. Raw timber exports make logging a main threat to the region's pristine watersheds. In addition, current plans to build the 2,656 mile long Siberia-Pacific pipeline across Primorsky would fragment known tiger habitat and open up wilderness to poaching and pollution.
Amur Tiger Conservation: Update from the Field
An interview with Misha Jones, Russia Program Consultant for Pacific Environment
Heart of Russia: What does the future hold for Siberian tigers and strictly protected areas in the former Soviet Union?
by Gleb Raygorodetsky, Wildlife Conservation Magazine
by Gleb Raygorodetsky, Wildlife Conservation Magazine
An article on "zapovedniks" - nature preserves - and tiger conservation in the Russian Far East published in Wildlife Conservation Magazine.
