Threats to, and protection of, the taiga GapFill

The taiga is under threat from a number of direct and indirect threats.  Direct threats include exploitation or removal of forests by people for wood for construction and paper, which comes from   teakmaplepineoak trees.  These trees are fast-growing.  Other forms of destruction are for sources of energy such as   tar sandsenergy from wastebiofuelsnuclear power and HEP, which requires large areas of forest to be cleared for the dam and the   reservoirlakepitlagoon which stores the water to generate the power.  The construction of such projects not only means a loss of trees but also affects the animals living within them.  There are also a number of indirect threats, some of them exacerbated by humans, such as the increase in acid rain.  This is caused when an increase in gases produced by humans such as sulphur dioxide mixes with  heatrainwaterthe aircarbon dioxide to form sulphuric acid.  This kills trees and the animals they support.  Humans are also changing the climate, making it drier due to emissions of  CFCsargonheliumcarbon dioxide, which means the forests are more susceptible to fire.  The forests are also indirectly under threat from pests and diseases such as sprucebark beetles.  

In order to protect and conserve the taiga, there are attempts to establish  science parkszoological parksnational parksecoparks, which are large areas of wilderness protected by law.  There is also a move to ensure we are meeting the needs of the present, such as allowing people to earn from jobs which exploit but trying to make exploitation more  sustainablewidespreadlucrativeunsustainable.  This can be done by  clear-cuttingsmall companies onlyselective fellingbanning deforestation.  The downsides are that this is expensive and takes careful management over many years to achieve.  This makes logging less profitable for companies but does allow indigenous communities such as the Saami and Inuit to continue to live and work in protected areas.