According to the World Wildlife Fund, Taiga is classified as "relatively stable / intact."
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HOWEVER, SOME DANGERS INCLUDE:
- Over hunting of animals for skins
- Oil and gas drilling
- Flooding from hydropower dams
- Climate change
- more muskegs: fewer trees
- Most serious problem is deforestation
- wood and paper products are important industries in Canada and Russia
- destroys animals habitats and increases soil erosion which exposes permafrost or bedrock
- Over hunting of animals for skins
- Oil and gas drilling
- Flooding from hydropower dams
- Climate change
- more muskegs: fewer trees
- Most serious problem is deforestation
- wood and paper products are important industries in Canada and Russia
- destroys animals habitats and increases soil erosion which exposes permafrost or bedrock