Conservation of coniferous forests

National Park Bashkiriya / Ural Mountains / Russia. Image credit framepool.com

• National Parks and protected forest areas have been established both in North America, Europe and the former Soviet Union (now Russia).
• Good management approaches are employed to ensure that future supplies of timber are guaranteed and wildlife habitats and recreation functions maintained.
• Vulnerable areas like steep slopes and watershed are protected from over-exploitation and uncontrolled clearance of vegetation by legislation.
• Timber farming is encouraged at the expense of exploitation of natural forests.
• Recycling of forestry products like paper and use of substitutes have also helped conserve the coniferous.
• Legislation to control industry emission that result in acid rain which destroys forests help to conserve trees.
• Efficient processing of cut timber to avoid wastage also helps to conserve forests.

Coniferous forests, like the deciduous temperate forests are in less danger to over-exploitation than the tropical rainforests.

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