Tundra+Conservation

Eli M

1. What is the human impact on your biome? a. Positive-COMPLETED b. Negative-still working on? 2. What are the problems in your biome that need to be addressed by humans? a. Problem 1 and its possible solution- COMPLETED b. Problem 2 and its possible solution

__Problems in the Tundra__ The experts think that drilling for oil in the Tundra is really bad. They say that it is killing off most plants in the area because of its mass polution. Most of the animals have died as well or left the area where the drilling is permanently. Also mining other raw materails causes the same fate.

When Global warming started scientist began to notice the permafrost started to melt. If the permafrost melts all the way most animals will either adapt or most likely just die. We have also built roads that heat the ground around it with the same effect. We can prervent this from happening by not building big highways but rather country roads. On the Global warming topic we should do basicly everything that scientist tell us to do such as, cut down on heat, turn of the lights when you leave, get off the tv and onto the basketball court.



Some positive things that humans have done to help the Tundra, is that we create natural parks. A national park is a reserve of natural land, owned by a government, for animal safety and/or human recreation and enjoyment, and protected from most development that could harm the enviornment. Some examples of these protected areas found in Canada are the La Mauricie National Park (found in Quebec), Vuntut National Park (found in the Yukon Territory), Ukkusiksalik National Park (found in Nunavut), and the Terra Nova National Park (found in Newfoundland). These "parks" that we have created help save the Tundra from people creating buildings, and cities in special and beatiful areas that deserve to remain the way they are. There are about 42 different national parks found in Canada. If we continue to make these parks in different areas, the Tundra will remain the same and stay un-poluted.

One problem that we have found a solution to, and continuing to make completely better is roadside pollution. Some people throw their trash out of their car driving through the roads in the Alpine Tundra. The animals that roam near roads could then consume the trash thinking it is food and digest it. But if they digest the wrong thing it could kill them which could also lead to extinction of a specific animal in that area. So the government created laws and clean-up committees. The laws provide a punishment for the people that litter and pollute the roads. If those people continue to throw trash out of their cars, clean-up committees are sent out to pick up the trash and properly dispose of it so it is out of the animals reach and cannot harm them as much. But of course we havent yet been able to completely solve this problem because of law obiding citizens, but we try and come up with more solutions that will be 100% effective.

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