The outlook on the upcoming status of Russia's Taiga forest
Over the past decades, Russia has switched to a new market economy. This has resulted in a lack of legal enforcement, which began an increase in illegal activity focused on logging. This is becoming the prime reason of deforestation in Russian forests and will continue to be unless changes are made.
In the continuation of criminal activity, the future of Russian forests seems to be dwindling. Research shows that illegal logging is 50-70% of Russian's timber export. The demand for timber is constant so people have began to cut the forests so fast that they do not have time to reproduce. With outside buyers promoting this illegal activity, forests will begin to diminish at a rapid rate. As the forests diminish, criminal activity will rise, most wildlife will become extinct because they are dependent on large areas of this ecosystem to survive, and Russia's economy, which is greatly impacted on the production of wood, will spiral down. The future of this ecosystem rests in the hands of the citizens, law enforcement, and their persistence to make sure a change is seen in the protection of these forests.
In order to improve human impacts on this ecosystem, the Russian government needs to enforce strict laws on the activity within the forests. Illegal logging and clear cutting are often the two biggest downfalls for Russian forests. To benefit the future growth of the forests, Russia needs to enforce laws and regulations so that people are not cutting down trees at a rate where they are not able to reproduce fast enough. New laws are also needed to regulate the number of trees that people are allowed to cut annually. If laws are stressed, than outside buyers won't continue to buy illegal wood, which is benefiting the criminal activity and more criminal activity will cease. If criminal activity is able to be lowered and new laws are set in place then the forests of Russia will have a chance to flourish.