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THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES - Coggle Diagram
THE USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Their existence and renewal depends on
RATIONAL USE
Examples:
FERTILE SOIL
Overexploitation can use it up
Excesive use of pesticides
Excesive use of fertilisers
Inapproproate crops
Basis of the global food supply
FORESTS
Essentials to:
Absorption of CO2
Maintebenement of plant and animal biodiversity
Providing wood
Generation of oxygen
Threatened by:
Logging
Fires
NON-RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
GREAT DEMAND due to:
HIGH global POPULATION
Lifestyle based on CONSUMERISM
INTENSE INDUSTRIAL and economic DEVELOPMENT
Types
HYDROCARBONS
Natural gas
Oils
MINING RESOURCES
Risk of being used up
completely
FINDING ALTERNATIVES is ESSENTIAL
THE DEMAND OF WATER
Fresh water THREATENED by:
Pollution
Overexploitation of aquifers
Wasteful use
AVAILABILTY of
drinking water
Does not depend on the country being DRY or WET
Depends on
Sewerage system
Water distribution network
Fresh water ir RENEWABLE and is in SCARCE SUPPLY
INEXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCES
Wind
Seawater...
Sunlight