Causes of Taiga Deforestation
- Deforestation is the felling and clearance of trees
- Some of the highest levels of deforestation are in the taiga biome
- Between 2000-2013 the loss of trees in taiga was one and half times the rate of deforestation in the Amazon over the same period
- Most of this deforestation occurred in Canada and Russia
- The main causes of deforestation include:
Causes of deforestation in the taiga
- The exploration and deforestation of the taiga can also lead to:
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- Air pollution from transport and road building/mining
- Water pollution from mining
- These impact on biodiversity of the biome as plant and animal populations are reduced