The Beringovsky District is a coastal ecosystem featuring tundra shelf and continental slope. Values to biodiversity of the area include a high diversity of flora, bird, mammal and fish species, many rare and Red Book species, rookeries and calving areas of marine mammals, and large bird colonies. The area is threatened by poaching and unsustainable take of wildlife caused by poverty, and oil extraction poses an imminent threat to important marine habitats and traditional hunting grounds.