2008 Alaska Park Science Symposium
October 14, 2008
Status and Problems of Biodiversity and Traditional Nature Use by Aboriginal Peoples in Beringovsky Region (Chukotka)
Evgeniy Alekseevich Kuznetsov1
1UNEP/GEF ECORA, Moscow, Russia
In 2002 Beringovsky region (Chukotsky Autonomous Okrug) was identified as one of the Model Areas for Global Environment Facility and UNEP project “Integrated Ecosystem Approach to Conserve Biodiversity and Minimize Habitat Fragmentation in Three Model Areas in the Russian Arctic” (UNEP/GEF ECORA project). One of main criteria for nominating the region as a Model Area was richness of biodiversity and presence of aboriginal peoples with traditional lifestyle and nature use.
At the project's inception in 2004 scientific knowledge on biodiversity in the region was out of date; the latest ornithological studies in the region were carried out 30 years earlier, and almost the same situation existed with other studies. The most serious changes happened in the field of traditional nature use during 1990s after the break-up of the USSR.
The presentation will include some results of studies on current status of biodiversity and traditional nature use undertaken during ECORA project implementation in 2004-2007.
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