Traditional Use of Natural Resources by the Indigenous Peoples of the North in the Modern World a Conflict of Interests

Despite some progress in the struggle of aboriginal peoples for their right to influence the development of their historic lands, there still exist various conflicts of interest and collisions between traditional ways of life and industrial civilization. The issue of the legal status of indigenous peoples of the Far North cannot be considered outside the context of global ecological, social and demographic processes. At the end of the 20th century indigenous peoples of the Far North find themselves in a highly precarious situation in which their very existence is at stake. Some indigenous peoples of the Far North are facing a real threat of disappearing from the face of the Earth. But the danger is not only of direct physical extinction of aboriginal peoples caused by industrial expansion into their traditional habitats. A nation can perish as a result of assimilation, which equals its ethnic death. Thus it is important to understand the essence of the conflict is it ethnic or does it have some other nature?