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    The document discusses a case study on how the natural resources of Nauru became a disadvantage to its citizens due to excessive mining of phosphate. This caused 90% of the island to be destroyed and devastated the health of the people and land, bringing diseases. If a citizen of Nauru, the suggestion would be to implement a law restricting foreign phosphate workers from excessively mining to rehabilitate the damaged land and environment. Forest degradation is given as an example of a natural resource in the Philippines being exhausted, and outcomes of its abuse could include loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and impacts on soil, water quality and connected ecosystems.

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    The document discusses a case study on how the natural resources of Nauru became a disadvantage to its citizens due to excessive mining of phosphate. This caused 90% of the island to be destroyed and devastated the health of the people and land, bringing diseases. If a citizen of Nauru, the suggestion would be to implement a law restricting foreign phosphate workers from excessively mining to rehabilitate the damaged land and environment. Forest degradation is given as an example of a natural resource in the Philippines being exhausted, and outcomes of its abuse could include loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and impacts on soil, water quality and connected ecosystems.

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    Environmental Sci - ACT 3

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    The document discusses a case study on how the natural resources of Nauru became a disadvantage to its citizens due to excessive mining of phosphate. This caused 90% of the island to be destroyed and devastated the health of the people and land, bringing diseases. If a citizen of Nauru, the suggestion would be to implement a law restricting foreign phosphate workers from excessively mining to rehabilitate the damaged land and environment. Forest degradation is given as an example of a natural resource in the Philippines being exhausted, and outcomes of its abuse could include loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and impacts on soil, water quality and connected ecosystems.

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    The document discusses a case study on how the natural resources of Nauru became a disadvantage to its citizens due to excessive mining of phosphate. This caused 90% of the island to be destroyed and devastated the health of the people and land, bringing diseases. If a citizen of Nauru, the suggestion would be to implement a law restricting foreign phosphate workers from excessively mining to rehabilitate the damaged land and environment. Forest degradation is given as an example of a natural resource in the Philippines being exhausted, and outcomes of its abuse could include loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, and impacts on soil, water quality and connected ecosystems.

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    Environmental Science

    Nauru Case Study Question

    1. How did the natural resources of Nauru become a disadvantage to their citizens?

    Discovering the natural resources (specifically phosphate) of Nauru became a disadvantage to


    their citizens in 1900. It became a disadvantage to the people of Nauru because the island was
    destroyed due to the excessive mining of phosphate. There were several effects of phosphate mining
    on the people and land of Nauru such as deteriorating health where foreign phosphate workers brought
    tuberculosis, influenza, leprosy, and dysentery. Another effect is the biological devastation where
    excessive mining of phosphate and human habitation devastated 90% of Nauru.

    2. What do you think is the most critical factor that should have been considered in this crisis? Why?

    In my own opinion, the most critical factor that should have been considered in this crisis the
    economic sustainability. The Nauruan experience demonstrates several faults in this economic concept
    of sustainability, including a low rate of natural capital depreciation because there is nothing left to
    utilize. The Nauruans decided to dig up much of their island and sell it because the resulting
    billion-dollar trust funds would be more than enough to pay a high income to the residents of Nauru in
    perpetuity. However, this case study tells people that the quality of life cannot only be judged by
    economic indicators.

    3. If you are a citizen of Nauru, what will be your suggestion to reduce the negative impact of mining
    of the phosphorous/phosphates in your country?

    If I were a citizen of Nauru, my suggestion will be to implement a law where foreign phosphate
    workers will not be allowed to excessively mine phosphates or any natural resources found in Nauru or
    in my county. That law should be followed strictly because the law is not only will be beneficial to the
    country itself, but it will also be beneficial to the people. Under that law is to rehabilitate the damaged
    land and replenish the environment.

    4. Think of a Natural resource in the Philippines that is being exhausted. What are the likely
    outcomes should that particular resource be abused?

    Forest degradation is a natural resource in the Philippines that is being exhausted and it is
    caused by destructive activities of humans such as mining and logging. There are several outcomes
    when it comes to forest degradation such as loss of biodiversity where individual species may be
    sensitive to the loss of a certain tree species or to logging operations. Another outcome is soil erosion
    and it is known that forests are rich in soil, and when the forest is destroyed, soil loses its nutrients.
    Forest degradation has an impact on the soil and water quality in the surrounding area, as well as
    biodiversity across a range of connected ecosystems.

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