Threats to the taiga from commercial development
I can explain ways in which the taiga is threatened by commercial development.
Threats to the taiga from commercial development
I can explain ways in which the taiga is threatened by commercial development.
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Key learning points
- The taiga is increasingly threatened by commercial development.
- Threats include logging, pulp and paper production, fossil fuel extraction, mining and HEP development.
- An example of threat to the taiga from development is the commercial exploitation of tar sands in Alberta, Canada.
Keywords
Biodiversity - a measure of how many different species live in an ecosystem
Threat - a natural or human-made factor that poses a risk to the environment
Climate change - long-term changes in temperature, weather patterns and atmospheric conditions resulting from human activities like burning fossil fuels
Common misconception
The main threats to the taiga come from the direct damage done to forests by the logging industry.
While the logging industry does directly damage taiga forests, indirect threats from warming taiga climates are also a major threat to the taiga and taiga biodiversity.
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