CONTENTS*

• The Arctic Initiative
• Environmental protection and the rights of indigenous peoples in the Russian Arctic
• The IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas principles and rules of interaction between indigenous people and protected areas
• Nickel-producing regions and zones where nuclear waste might be stored
• A Concept for the Sustainable Growth of Traditional Land Use Zones in Sikhote-Alin
• Make the Spitsbergen Archipelago a National Park!

• World Wide Fund Program for Marine Conservation in the Russian Far East
• Management and conservation of Arctic marine ecosystems
• The Forum for North Researchers is established

*Only selected articles are presented in this English version of the bulletin. They are hyperlinked.