Map of the Snow Forests

Logging in Siberia.

Even at temperatures of minus 50° Celsius in the winter, boreal coniferous forests flourish in Russia. In this vast forest of over 5000 square kilometres, the landscape changes from sparse tundra covered with stunted willows and birch in the north to dense coniferous and deciduous forests in the south.

The minerals and reserves of timber in eastern Siberia fuels greed throughout the world. Since the Russian economy is highly dependent on foreign exchange, the country is engaged in a sell-out of nature on an indescribable scale. Without decisive action within the next few years, the intact natural landscapes of whole ecological regions and vegetation zones may disappear.

Intact areas remain only in the most inaccessible mountain locations, while the unique eastern broad-leaf and mixed coniferous forests have been almost totally transformed by industrial logging during the last decade.

Potentially intact ancient forest, >50,000 heactares

Other forests

Sources: Intact forest landscapes/forest cover, Greenpeace Russia and GFW 2001

Go to your national site

World websites Select other Greenpeace websites worldwide

Your nameYour name

Your email addressYour email address

Country of residenceCountry of residence

Map of the Snow Forests

Go to your national site

©