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  2. Taiga Shield Ecozone (CEC) - Wikipedia

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    The Taiga Shield Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is an ecozone which stretches across Canada's subarctic region. Some regions exhibit exposed Precambrian bedrock of the Canadian Shield , the oldest of the world's geological formations. [ 1 ]

  3. Taiga Plains Ecozone (CEC) - Wikipedia

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    The Taiga Plain Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a Canadian terrestrial ecozone that covers most of the western Northwest Territories, extending to northwest Alberta, northeast British Columbia and slightly overlapping northeastern Yukon.

  4. Taiga Cordillera - Wikipedia

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    The Taiga Cordillera Ecozone, as defined by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), is a rugged, mountainous terrestrial ecozone of Canada spanning most of northern Yukon and significant portions of the border between the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

  5. Scandinavian and Russian taiga - Wikipedia

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    The Scandinavian and Russian taiga is an ecoregion within the taiga and boreal forests biome as defined by the WWF classification (ecoregion PA0608). [1] It is situated in Northern Europe between tundra in the north and temperate mixed forests in the south and occupies about 2,156,900 km 2 (832,800 sq mi) in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northern part of European Russia, being the largest ...

  6. Taiga - Wikipedia

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    Taiga or tayga (/ ˈ t aɪ ɡ ə / TY-gə; Russian: тайга́, IPA:), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches. The taiga, or boreal forest, is the world's largest land biome. [1]

  7. Taiga of North America - Wikipedia

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    The taiga is inhabited by many species, some of which are endangered, and include the Canadian lynx, gray wolf, and grizzly bear. The Canadian lynx is one well-known animal to inhabit the North American taiga region and is listed as threatened in the U.S. The mother lynx will have a litter of about 4 kittens in the spring.

  8. Boreal Forest Conservation Framework - Wikipedia

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    The Boreal Forest Conservation Framework, was adopted December 1, 2003 to protect the Canadian boreal forest.The vision set out in the Framework is "to sustain the ecological and cultural integrity of the Canadian boreal region, in perpetuity."

  9. Kologrivsky Nature Reserve - Wikipedia

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    Some logging was done on a selective basis 75–100 years ago, but the under story was left intact; these plots have the highest biodiversity today. The Kologrivsky sector is scientifically useful for studying the dynamics of forest regeneration under various conditions. [5] Scientists on the reserve have recorded 495 species of vascular plants ...