Editing Kaliningrad Oblast (section)

===Natural resources===
More than 90% of the world's known [[amber]] deposits are in Kaliningrad Oblast.<ref>[http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/amber How Products Are Made: Amber] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811121944/http://science.enotes.com/how-products-encyclopedia/amber |date=11 August 2007 }}</ref> Because of this, many Russians refer to the region as "Amber Land" ({{Langx|ru|Янтарный Край|translit=Jantarny Krai}}). Until recently, raw amber was exported for processing to other countries. In 2013, the Russian government banned the export of raw amber in order to boost the amber processing industry in Russia.<ref>[https://leta.st/blog/2016/08/history-of-russian-amber-2/ "The History of Russian Amber, Part 2: From USSR to Russia"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315070511/https://leta.st/blog/2016/08/history-of-russian-amber-2/ |date=15 March 2018 }}, Leta.st</ref>

There are small oil reservoirs beneath the Baltic Sea not far from Kaliningrad's shore. Small-scale offshore exploration started in 2004. Poland, Lithuania, and some local [[NGO]]s voiced concerns about possible environmental effects.