TRADITIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCE USE IN CHANGING SOCIETIES
Until recently the principal and frequently the only arguments advanced in favor of regulating resource use were the need to preserve the quality of the environment and to enhance the economic and resource efficiency of industry. However, recent years have seen the appearance of a new, social aspect...
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| Summary: | Until recently the principal and frequently the only arguments advanced in favor of regulating resource use were the need to preserve the quality of the environment and to enhance the economic and resource efficiency of industry. However, recent years have seen the appearance of a new, social aspect of these problems, namely the preservation and development of the indigenous ethnic minorities of Russia. In the broader sense this social aspect of resource use involves the coexistence and interaction of traditional and technological resource use at the regional and federal levels. The contradiction between these two types of resource use is most acute in societies undergoing a process of change, where the situation is exacerbated not only by the general social crisis, but, at times, by ethnic conflicts as well. Chukotka is one of the most remote, sparsely populated and economically underdeveloped regions of the Russian Federation. Its specific geographic location, at the junction between the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans, accounts for the extremely severe climate and is conducive to the occurrence of permafrost tundra and forest-tundra landscapes which are highly vulnerable to technological impacts. Chukotka is rich in diverse natural resources. They include, first, non-ferrous and precious metals, oil, gas, sea and river industrial fish resources. No less valuable are territorial resources characterized by well preserved wildlife and by the rich spiritual and material cultures of the Chukotka indigenous peoples. Of the 120,000 inhabitants of the Chukchi Autonomous Area (Okrug) living in the territory of just over 730,000 square kilometers, about 17,000 belong to the indigenous nationalities. The indigenous minorities of Chukotka include Chukchi |
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