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Natural ResourcesWhat resources are there?Where are resources
located?Where are resources used?
Fresh waterWater and health
Diarrheal diseases- Every day, diarrheal diseases cause some
6,000 deaths, mostly among children under fiveMalaria
- Over 1 million people die from malaria every year.
Improved water supply and sanitation
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Water and sanitation
1 billion people lack access to improved water supply2.4 billion
people lack access to improved sanitationAccess to piped water
through household connections
- Latin America and the Caribbean: 66% - Asia: 49% - Africa:
24%
Access to sanitation linked to a sewage system:- Latin America
and the Caribbean: 66% - Asia: 18%- Africa: 13%
Schistosomiasis (bilharziasis)
More than 200 million people worldwide are infected by
schistosomiasis.
Water Shortages
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Renewable Freshwater Water Usage
Ocean resourcesNot much is knownCensus of the Sea is
underwayFunding up to $1 billion US
Ocean resources
Biogeography of Deep-Water Chemosynthetic Ecosystems(ChEss)
Census of Diversity of Abyssal Marine Life(CeDAMaR)
Gulf of Maine Project (GoMe) Mid-Atlantic Ridge Ecosystems
Project(MAR-ECO)
Natural Geography in Shore Areas(NaGISA) Pacific Ocean Salmon
Tracking Program(POST)
Tagging of Pacific Pelagics(TOPP)
Over-fishingSeafood is the primary source of animal protein for
as much as one-sixth of the world's populationIn the U.S. alone,
commercial and recreational fishing annually amounts to a $50
billion industryConsumption is increasing, but fish stocks are
declining worldwide as a result of environmental pressures and
growing demand for seafood
Renewable Resources
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Thai Fish farm
Salmon farm
BiomassThe term "biomass" means any plant derived organic matter
available on a renewable basis, including dedicated energy crops
and trees, agricultural food and feed crops, agricultural crop
wastes and residues, wood wastes and residues, aquatic plants,
animal wastes, municipal wastes, and other waste materials.
Forests
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Non-renewable ResourcesNon-fuels
Utah copper mine
4,770 tons2044,000 tonsGold
250 tons19056,000 tonsPlatinum
235147,000Nickel
16,100,000178150,000,000Iron
01091,400,000Chrome
20,00021923,000,000Bauxite
U.S. Reserves1,000 tons
World LifetimeYears
World Reserve1,000 tonsMaterial
World Mineral Reserves
Iron OreThe Canadian iron ore industry produces iron ore in
several forms, including pellets, concentrates Iron is the main
element in steel – the metal so basic to industrial society. Most
iron ore, both in Canada and elsewhere, is extracted from open-pit
mines.
In Canada, Newfoundland and Labrador is the largest iron ore
producer, followed by Quebec and British Colombia. Of the four
major steel-producing regions in the world – Canada and the United
States, the Russian Federation, Japan, and Western Europe – only
the United States, Canada and the Russian Federation have enough
iron ore for their needs.
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Iron Exports Iron
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Open pit copper mine in Utah, 450 metres deep
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Transmaterialization
The Physical environmentmost serious industrial offenders
are:
pulp and paper millsiron and steel millspetroleum
refineriessmelterschemical plants
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In long run:substantial new supplies need to be foundnew
technologies need to take over