Peter Potapov, Greenpeace Russia 2001 Scgis Scholar (Finalist but was not able to attend and was awarded software in lieu)
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2001 Scgis Scholar Report
The Last Frontier Forests of the Russian European North: Current State, Problems, and Perspectives
Peter Potapov, Greenpeace Russia
The remaining frontier forests in the European North of Russia represent unique natural habitats with key significance in conservation terms. Most of these areas, in the hands of the Russian Federal Forest Service, are currently threatened by extensive timber exploitation by a number of logging companies. In response to these threats, Greenpeace Russia, in collaboration with the Biodiversity Conservation Center and with assistance of a number of other research organizations and experts, has produced a map of the area’s remaining frontier forests and also has made a list of major organizations whose activities led to the rapid destruction of these
