Human Impacts
Deforestation |
Global Warming |
Humans have impacted the taiga in many ways, one of them being deforestation. The taiga is home to many animals, but logging those forests have posed as a threat to them. Illegal deforestation in the Russian Far East, or the Ussuri Taiga, has reduced the forest by 199,999 kilometers² every year. The wood goes to supply various furniture and flooring manufacturers, whose products are shipped throughout the United Sates and Europe.
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Global warming has also affected the taiga in a negative way. Increased natural temperatures have caused the taiga to experience more droughts, wildfires, and thawing of the permafrost. These environmental changes release the carbon stored inside of the taiga, which increases the rate of global warming.
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