Year 9 Assessment Task 1 Research Task

The characteristics of a sustainable biome including its location, climate, vegetation, and animal species.

Environment: Boreal Forest

Sources (includes date accessed, author, link) Images, Tables, Graphs

Frontiers Science News. (2020). Global significance of boreal

forest and Indigenous-led conservation within it. Available at:
https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2020/07/31/global-significance
-of-boreal-forest-and-indigenous-led-conservation-within-it
[Accessed 22 Mar. 2024].

Key Points (write as dot points)

● North America's Boreal Forest is the world's largest

● A keystone habitat for the hemisphere's migratory waterfowl and songbird populations
● The Boreal Forest of Canada and Alaska is one of very few remaining places left on earth
● Canada’s portion of the Boreal Forest biome as of 2003 was estimated at 460,000 km2
The challenges that this biome faces in terms of sustainability.

Environment: Boreal Forest

Sources (includes date accessed, author, link) Images, Tables, Graphs

Boreal Science.org. (2024). International Boreal

Conservation Science Panel - Threats to the Boreal.
Available at: https://www.borealscience.org/boreal/threats/

[Accessed 22 Mar. 2024].

Key Points (write as dot points)

● Low soil temp

● altered natural disturbance regimes
● biodiversity loss
● rapid loss of old-growth forests
● increased forest fragmentation
 ● Hydroelectric development
● Oil and gas mining
● Climate change

Provide reasons why the preservation of the biome is essential.

Environment: Boreal Forest

Sources (includes date accessed, author, link) Images, Tables, Graphs

Nrdc.org. (2022). Canada’s Boreal Forest: Why It’s So

Important. Available at:
https://www.nrdc.org/stories/canadas-boreal-forest-why-its-
important

‌[Accessed 24 Mar. 2024].

Key Points (write as dot points)

● central to climate action

● Host animals that are important
● Provides natural shade for animals when hot
● Filters the co2 out of the air and provides us with oxygen
● Provides clean water
● Renewable raw materials
 ● Purifies water
● Purifies air
● Climate change contribution

What strategies can be implemented to improve the condition of the environment?

Environment: Boreal Forest

Sources (includes date accessed, author, link) Images, Tables, Graphs

Thomson, J. (2019). Why Canada’s boreal forest is gaining

international attention. The Narwhal. Available at:
https://thenarwhal.ca/why-canadas-boreal-forest-is-gaining-i
nternational-attention/

‌[Accessed 26 Mar. 2024].

Key Points (write as dot points)

● protect and regenerate the primary forest
● stop clearcutting primary forests
● Enacting stricter protection laws
● manage the land
● Regenerate the primary forest
How effective are the strategies in improving the environment? What are the strategies limitations?

Environment: Boreal Forest

Sources (includes date accessed, author, link) Images, Tables, Graphs

Environment Maine. (2022). We need to protect the boreal

forest, and Procter & Gamble shareholders can help.
Available at:
https://environmentamerica.org/maine/articles/we-need-to-pr
otect-the-boreal-forest-and-procter-gamble-shareholders-can
-help/.

‌[Accessed 28 Mar. 2024].

Key Points (write as dot points)

● it covers 1.2 billion acres of woodland

● Each year, 1 million acres of boreal forest is cut in Canada
● The boreal forest can remove the equivalent of 24 million vehicles’ worth of carbon emissions each year
 ● Nearly 10% of the boreal is protected

Bibliography
For successfully completing this research task, i have utilized these websites to my benefit

https://www.frontiersin.org/news/2020/07/31/global-significance-of-boreal-forest-and-indigenous-led-conservation-within-it

https://www.borealscience.org/boreal/threats/

https://www.nrdc.org/stories/canadas-boreal-forest-why-its-important

https://thenarwhal.ca/why-canadas-boreal-forest-is-gaining-international-attention/

https://environmentamerica.org/maine/articles/we-need-to-protect-the-boreal-forest-and-procter-gamble-shareholders-can-h
elp/

http://ibfra.org/about-boreal-forests/#:~:text=From%20a%20 biological%20 perspective%2C%20 boreal,a%20

canopy%20cover%20 of%2010%25.

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/our-natural-resources/forests/sustainable-forest-management/boreal-forest/13071