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THE SUSTAINABILITY OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Enormous Demand For Natural Resources
Progressive depletion of non-renewable energies
Sustainable activities were needed
At the end of 20th century
Most advanced countries
Need more
Raw materials to convert
Consume
Areas
Desert areas
Arctic areas As deserts
Important
Extraction
Natural gas
Minerals
Petroleum
Major pollution
Damaging effect on the few inhabitants
Mountain areas
Demands on these areas
Water
Recreational areas
Minerals
Winter sports
Wood
Ecosystem is altered
Tropical areas
Trees are being cut down
Tropical
Equatorial jungles
Obtain wood
Extract minerals
Convert the land into grazing areas for livestock
Causes irreparable damage
Coastal areas
Water on the continental shelf
Polluted
Because
Industry and coastal construction
Negatively affected
Offshore wind farms
Exploitation of underwater oil and gas deposits
Sustainable Economic Development
Resources
Necessary to use
According principles related
Social
Environmental sustainability
Economic
Established by
United Nations
Exploits, but does not deplete, renewable resources; it does not harm natural spaces or their inhabitants.
