Conservation organizations with projects in the Russian Far East

• WWF Russia located in Moscow oversees many projects in East Russia. These links represent only a few of their projects. WWF recently launched a project aimed at promoting international cooperation on river basin management for the Amur and Mekong rivers
• WWF activities in the Bering Sea Region
• WWF by-catch prevention project in the Bering Sea
• Sacred Earth Network is an organization working on conservation and indigenous people's projects both in East Russia and Siberia
• Pacific Environment Organization is an environmental organization very active in Russia overall, with several projects in Kamchatka and Sakhalin
• Earth Island Institute - Lake Baikal works in partnership with the Great Baikal Trail Organization and has also done work in other areas, such as Kamchatka
• Great Baikal Trail Project
  GBT is building Russia's the fist network of trails in Siberia with the help of Russian and International volunteers, establishing a center for ecotourism and conservation awareness and promoting sustainable economic development in the Lake Baikal region
• Sustainable Forestry Project in Russian Far East Forest Project works on new forest project designs in the areas of the Primorsky and Khabarovsky Krais
• Dersu Uzala
  A Russian organization that works effectively with Russian nature preserves in regions such as Kamchatka, the Primorsky and Khabarovsky Krais and the Altai in the development of ecotourism programs.
• Institute for Social Action and Renewal in Eurasia/ISAR Inc. Russian Far East Office
• The Wildlife Conservation Society is very active in East Russia. They are very involved in projects both dealing with the Amur Tiger and Snow Leopard.
• Recent Beringia Projects in partnership with National Parks
• Review of Patty A. Gray 2005. The Predicament of Chukotka's Indigenous Movement: Post-Soviet Activism in the Russian Far North. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 276 pp+xxiv, illus., plates.
• Northern Forum
  This organization has a long history in Russia and participates in many excellent programs in various regions in the Russian Far East and Siberia
• Wild Salmon Center
  This organization supports salmon habitat protection in both Kamchatka and Sakhalin. Through an affiliate company they operate fishing programs, which support local organizations in conserving and protecting this precious resource
• Volcanoes Of Kamchatka World Heritage Sites
  A strategic framework for the development and promotion of angling ecotourism in k\Kamchatka

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