Conservation Status, Threats and Protected Areas
Although little of this ecoregion is protected, its conservation status is listed as "Relatively Stable/Intact". Protected areas include the Stolby, Olyokma, Tunguska and Central-Siberia zapovedniks (roughly "scientific nature reserves"). The main threats to this ecoregion's integrity are poaching and clear-cut logging in the southern and central portions of the region.
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