Ecosystems

Taiga

Man and taiga

The products of the taiga

The taiga contains a lot of oil and natural gas fields. Today, Norway is the greatest oil exporter in Europe and one of the main suppliers of natural gas to Europe. Siberia contains large reserves of coal, oil, methane, iron, silver, gold, diamonds, uranide and many ores. In Canada, mining accounts for over 30% of the entire economy Another economic activity is the fur trade, which in Canada involves 3% of the population. Squirrel, fox, mink and ermine furs are economically very attractive. The fishing industry produces salmon and other fish, basically for local consumption.