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    The document discusses several topics related to natural systems and resources: 1. Forests provide habitats, livelihoods, watershed protection and climate change mitigation, but exploitation can cause environmental degradation through soil compaction, erosion and disrupted water regimes. 2. Mining industries provide materials for infrastructure and tools, but mining is also very disruptive to the environment and linked to social impacts. Current practices need reform to protect resources and ecosystems in a sustainable way. 3. Groundwater is found beneath the earth's surface and forms a significant portion of available water. It sinks into the ground from rain and plant use.

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    The document discusses several topics related to natural systems and resources: 1. Forests provide habitats, livelihoods, watershed protection and climate change mitigation, but exploitation can cause environmental degradation through soil compaction, erosion and disrupted water regimes. 2. Mining industries provide materials for infrastructure and tools, but mining is also very disruptive to the environment and linked to social impacts. Current practices need reform to protect resources and ecosystems in a sustainable way. 3. Groundwater is found beneath the earth's surface and forms a significant portion of available water. It sinks into the ground from rain and plant use.

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    Conlene Pontejo

    BS- ABE -1A

    ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

    Topic: NATURAL SYSTEMS AND RESOURCES

    1. Discuss the uses and benefits of forest. How do these uses contribute to the

    exploitation of forest resources?

    We depend on forests for our survival, from the air we breathe to the wood we use.

    Besides providing habitats for animals and livelihoods for humans, forests also offer

    watershed protection, prevent soil erosion and mitigate climate change. Environmental

    problems may arise through the exploitation of forests and the industrial use of its

    products. For example, soils may be compacted, erosion may occur, and water regimes

    may be upset. Exploitation of forest resources is to use the resources for economic

    growth with a negative effect resulting in environmental degradation. Such exploitation

    cause environmental damages including ecological disturbances, deforestation,

    greenhouse effect etc. As human, we should be concerned about both the sides.

    2. Describe the need for the mining industry? How beneficial the industry is and

    how much it would become destructive to natural systems like forest resources?

    Mining industries provide most of the materials we rely on to build infrastructures

    and instruments of daily use, to obtain large amounts of energy, and to supply

    agriculture with fertilizers that enable most of foods produced. At the same time,
    mining is the human activity that has been more disturbing to environment and is

    linked to large social impacts and inequalities. The mining legacy and

    environmental remediation, the present mining and challenges, and the future

    mining and society are discussed in relationship with environmental health and

    sustainable development. It is concluded that current mining practices need to

    change and contribute to community development with more equity, and to

    protect better natural resources and ecosystems in order to be environmentally

    acceptable and compliant with sustainable development objectives.

    3. Describe underground water system, its distributions in relation to the soil profile.

    Groundwater is any water found beneath the Earth’s surface. Despite being difficult to

    visualize, groundwater makes up a significant portion of the Earth’s water.  When rain

    falls to the ground, the water does not stop moving. Some of it flows along the surface

    in streams, rivers, and lakes; some of it is used by plants; some evaporates and returns

    to the atmosphere; and some sinks into the ground.

    4. What are the indications of drought and how does desertification initiate?

    Drought and desertification are closely related phenomena. Persisting over

    months or years, drought can affect large areas and may have serious

    environmental, social and economic impacts. While drought is a natural

    phenomenon, whose impacts can be exacerbated by human activities that are

    not adapted to the local climate, land degradation is the process of turning fertile

    land into less or non-productive land.


    5. Cite an example of overgrazing. What is its impact on food resources?

    The Dragon’s Blood Tree is considered an indicator species, meaning the status

    of the tree indicates the qualitative status of the local environment, and its resin is

    important for medicinal purposes, as well as for its uses in art. According to

    emerging research published in the journal Forests, the Dragon’s Blood Tree is

    also an umbrella species, or a species that is defined as rare and sensitive to

    human disturbance, but when protected, protects everything else that lives near

    them.

    6. Create a diagram of a Solar Energy Harvesting. Describe the flow of the system
    Solar energy harvesting designs require efficient circuitry capable of handling

    energy input, power output and controlling an energy storage device with low

    self-discharge, to provide sufficient power for the application, using thin-film

    battery devices supercapacitors or both.

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