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Can They Destroy Your Homes, Like You Destroy Their's? Timber Extraction 90% of all the timber extracted within this biome is done by clear cutting, all the trees in an area are cut down and harvested. The natural way to reduce the amount of trees is fire. Fire releases and leave behind nutrients to be used by new generations or trees and plant life. Clear cutting, however, deprives the soil of the much needed nutrients. Without fire diseases, lack of nutrients, and pests that harm, or prevent new growth are left behind. Causing further troubles and making it nearly impossible for new generations to grow or survive. [ ] media type="youtube" key="NWtzZzqylhI" height="385" width="480" align="center"

Hydroelectricity The building of dams and other hydroelectic facilities in this biome disturbs the natural flow water. Leading to flooding and destructions of habitats surrounding the river. The daming of rivers leads to disturbances in the migration patterns of the fish. It also blocks the transportation of nutrients carried by the river to other areas. [ ]

Tar Sands With war in the Middle East, one of the major producers of oil, other methods of fuel had to be found. One of these methods is the Tar Sands. The Tar Sands is a way of producing oil that release three times the amount of pollution than it would take to produce oil in the Middle East. Canada overall has produced 25.3% more pollution than in 1990. The Tar Sands is one of the largest threats to the Taiga clearing and destroying, since 1978, 18,653 hectacres. [ ]

The BOREAS (boreal ecosystem-atmosphere study) project first started its studies in 1993. This project is meant to increase our understanding of the Taiga. The project studies the amount of carbon dioxide used by the plants, the interactions, and how global warming effects the biome.[ ]

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