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Insects
Outbreaks of forest-destroying pests such as the spruce-bark beetle in Yukon and Alaska, the mountain pine beetle in British Columbia, the aspen-leaf miner, the larch sawfly. the spruce budworm and the the spruce coneworm. -
Soviet Union collapses
The forest was previously protected by the restrictions of the Soviet Forest Ministry, but with the collapse of the Union, the restrictions regarding trade with Western nations have vanished. Trees are easy to harvest and sell well, so loggers have begun harvesting Russian taiga evergreen trees for sale to nations previously forbidden by Soviet law. -
Present
At the present the taiga forests along Russia and Canada are being harvested quite frequently with minimal sustainable practices and protected zones. There are also increasing amounts of fires generally thought to be caused by lightning