Looks at the issues for both Siberians and Native Americans. Natives protest nuclear testing in Siberia and the American West. A very critical and thought provoking article about the present subsistence situation of Siberian peoples. Native peoples' hunting and fishing rights have been curtailed, and their hunting grounds are being degraded by mining and oil and gas extraction. People are starving.
Traditional subsistence is threatened by environmental degradation.
Infant mortality is high and life expectancy is 18 years less than for Russians. The information in this article is quite disturbing. An international organization dedicated to the preservation of the taiga forest. The overall area of this forest is comparable to the Amazonian rainforest and is a diverse but sensitive and endangered ecosystem.