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    The document discusses how human activities impact natural resources. It explains that renewable resources can be replaced in nature, while non-renewable resources like fossil fuels are used faster than they can be replaced. It then outlines several human activities - like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, overfishing, and various forms of pollution - that negatively impact resources by depleting them, degrading habitats, and contaminating the environment. The overuse and pollution of resources can limit their global availability and damage ecosystems.

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    The document discusses how human activities impact natural resources. It explains that renewable resources can be replaced in nature, while non-renewable resources like fossil fuels are used faster than they can be replaced. It then outlines several human activities - like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, overfishing, and various forms of pollution - that negatively impact resources by depleting them, degrading habitats, and contaminating the environment. The overuse and pollution of resources can limit their global availability and damage ecosystems.

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    The document discusses how human activities impact natural resources. It explains that renewable resources can be replaced in nature, while non-renewable resources like fossil fuels are used faster than they can be replaced. It then outlines several human activities - like burning fossil fuels, deforestation, overfishing, and various forms of pollution - that negatively impact resources by depleting them, degrading habitats, and contaminating the environment. The overuse and pollution of resources can limit their global availability and damage ecosystems.

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    The impact of human

    activities on natural
    Resources
    CSEC Biology - Section A (Living Organisms in the
    Environment)
    Teacher/Tutor: Miss T. Bartley
    Our Resources are
    beneficial
     A natural resource is anything from nature that
    we can use for our benefit.
     These include: living organisms, water, land,
    wood, fossil fuel, minerals, wind, sunlight.
    Renewable Resources
     A renewable resource is easily replaced in
    nature.
    Non-renewable Resources
     A non-renewable resource is used up faster than
    it can be replaced.
     Oil, natural gas and coal are all non – renewable
    resources.
    Human activities impact
    natural resources
     Human beings find use for water, plants
    animals minerals and fossil fuels.

     The overuse of renewable and non –


    renewable resources have a negative
    impact on these resources and limits the
    global availability.
    Energy
     The burning of fossil fuels increases the
    amount of carbon dioxide in the
    atmosphere and also leads to depletion of
    fuel sources.
    Deforestation
     We cut down trees for timber to make furniture
    and paper and paper products. Some of these
    practices leave the forest floor bare and
    increases the possibility for flooding due to soil
    erosion. Some living organisms also lose their
    habitat.
    Water Activities
     Saltwater and freshwater resources are
    used for transportation by sea of cruise
    ships or goods for industry, recreation,
    cooking and hydro-energy generation.
    Fishing
     Animals from the marine environment are
    hunted as food by other animals and
    humans. Over-fishing can lead to a
    reduction in animal numbers and human
    activities lead to pollution of marine waters
    and destruction of habitat.
    Pollution
    Air Pollution
     The release of harmful substances that are difficult to
    remove from the environment is called pollution.

     We pollute the air with many greenhouse gases such as


    carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide,
    methane and chlorofluorocarbons. They contribute to
    global warming.
    Global Warming
     Global warming causes rise in global temperature and
    changes in rainfall patterns. This can cause droughts in
    some places, floods in others, erosion of beaches and
    destruction of habitats.

     Global warming impacts the Caribbean negatively due to


    erosion of beaches and coral reefs.
     As a result, less money is generated from tourism which
    is a major product of many Caribbean countries.
    Water Pollution
     Nitrates from organic fertilizers, phosphates from detergents,
    organic wastes and solid wastes are the main pollutants of
    freshwater. Nitrates and phosphates accumulate and cause
    eutrophication. Eutrophication decreases the amount of oxygen
    present in the water.

     Marine waters are usually polluted by oil spills from oil rigs or from
    ships during transfer across the sea. The oil can be harmful to plant
    and animal life in the waters.
    Solid waste Pollution
     The sea may also be polluted by solid waste from land due to bad
    sanitary practices of humans. When people dump garbage into
    gullies and drains these have the potential to enter the sea.

     Solid non – biodegradable waste may accumulate in the marine


    environment and cause physical damage to plant life.

     Organic waste matter from untreated sewage and factory effluents


    can also pollute the coastal waters of many countries. Many
    chemicals may become absorbed into the tissues of aquatic animals
    and hence move up the food chain via consumers of these animals.

     Pesticides used by farmers are harmless in small amounts.


    However these can remain on plants and enter the food chain and
    accumulate in body tissue when these plants are eaten repeatedly
    by animals and humans.
    Food for thought
     How will pollution of the marine and
    wetland ecosystems in our Caribbean
    states impact the organisms in these
    habitats? What effect will this activity
    eventually have on the tourism product
    and hence the economy?

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