Editing Primorsky Krai (section)

===Flora and fauna===
The geographic location of Primorye accounts for the variety of its [[flora (plants)|flora]]. The territory of Primorye has not been subjected to the ice cover in the past in contrast to the rest of Siberia during the ice ages. The specifics of the geographic situation and the specific features of climate determine the unique diversity of the plant world at species and genetic levels and the richness of plant resources. In the flora of Primorye, there are more than two thousand species of higher plants, of which are about 250 species of trees, bushes, and ligneous lianas. Flora of mosses and lichens are very diverse. As part of the coastal flora, there are many valuable medicinal, technical and food plants, many relict and endemic species. About 200 species are listed in the IUCN Red List as rare and threatened extermination.

There are mountainous tundra areas, conifers and coniferous-deciduous forests, and forest-steppe, which is sometimes called the Far Eastern Prairie, where many ancient plant species have been preserved, including [[fern]]s, [[nelumbo|lotus]], and the willow ''[[Salix arbutifolia]]'' (syn. ''Chosenia arbutifolia''). The flora of the territory contains such plants as ''[[Taxus cuspidata]]'', ''[[Juniperus rigida]]'', ''[[Phellodendron amurense]]'', ''[[Kalopanax]]'', ''[[Aralia elata]]'', ''[[Maackia amurensis]]'', ''[[Alnus japonica]]'', ''[[Actinidia kolomikta]]'', ''[[Schisandra chinensis]]'', ''[[Celastrus orbiculatus]]'', ''[[Thladiantha dubia]]'', ''[[Weigela]]'', ''[[Eleutherococcus]]'', ''[[Flueggea suffruticosa]]'', ''[[Deutzia]]'', ''[[Nelumbo nucifera]]'', ''[[Betula schmidtii]]'', ''Carpinus cordata'', ''[[Acer mandshuricum]]'', ''[[Parthenocissus tricuspidata]]'', ''[[Vitis amurensis]]'', ''[[Panax ginseng]]'' and many others.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hu |first1=Yang |last2=Hu |first2=Yunfeng |title=Detecting Forest Disturbance and Recovery in Primorsky Krai, Russia, Using Annual Landsat Time Series and Multi–Source Land Cover Products |journal=Remote Sensing |date=1 January 2020 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=129 |doi=10.3390/rs12010129 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2020RemS...12..129H }}</ref>

The [[fauna (animals)|fauna]] of Primorye is also diverse. The following animals are found in the [[Krai]]: [[Ussuri black bear]] (''Ursus thibetanus''), [[Amur tiger]], [[Amur leopard]] (''Panthera pardus orientalis''), [[Eurasian lynx]] (''Lynx lynx''), [[wild boar]] (''Sus scrofa''), [[Manchurian deer]] (''Cervus elaphus xanthopygos''), [[Siberian roe deer]] (''Capreolus pygargus''), [[musk deer]] (''Moschus moschiferus''), [[long-tailed goral]] (''Naemorhedus caudatus''), [[sika deer]] (''Cervus nippon''), [[sable]] (''Martes zibellina''), [[Blakiston's fish owl]] (''Bubo blakistoni''), [[mandarinka duck]] (''Aix galericulata''), [[black stork]] (''Ciconia nigra''), [[scaly goosander]] (''Mergus squamatus''), [[chestnut-cheeked starling]] (''Sturnia philippensis''), [[black griffon]] (''Aegypius monachus''), large-winged cuckoo (family [[Cuculidae]]), and others. Among 690 species of birds inhabiting the territory of the former [[Soviet Union|USSR]], 350 are found in Primorye. Rich fisheries of [[salmon]], [[Hucho taimen]], [[lenok]] and marine fisheries of crab, pollock and other species make the aquatic and maritime environment a valuable resource for the region. However, the rich diversity of wildlife in Primorye is threatened by poaching and the illegal [[wildlife trade]]. [[Wildlife Conservation Society]], [[World Wildlife Fund]], [[Wild Salmon Center]], and Russian NGOs including [[Phoenix Fund]] are active in the region's wildlife and habitat conservation.
[[File:Tiger-zoologie.de0001 22.JPG|thumb|right|Most of the world's population of wild [[Siberian tiger]]s is found in Primorsky Krai]]
[[File:Brat i sestra nakhodka.jpg|thumb|right|The cliffs Brat ("Brother") and Sestra ("Sister") in the environs of Nakhodka.]]