Environmental Issues

Natural resources
1. Renewable
  1. Sun
  2. Wind
2. Non-renewable
  1. Coal
    1. Mainly used in power stations
  2. Oil
    1. Petrol
  3. Gas
    1. Used to cook food
Minerals
1. Non-renewable
  1. Iron
  2. Ore
  3. Gold
  4. Uranium
  5. Copper
  6. Lead
2. Renewable
  1. Forest
  2. Soil
  3. Fish
  4. Farming
  5. Water
Nuclear power
1. Pros
  1. Uses less resources than coal
  2. Does not produce CO2
2. Cons
  1. Dangers to the public (Chernobyl, Fukushima)
Wind power
1. Pros
  1. Climate/conditions ideal
2. Cons
  1. Expensive
  2. Noisy
  3. Ugly
  4. Have affected wildlife
Hydroelectric power
1. Cons
  1. Dam building requires steep valleys
  2. Natural habitats disrupted
2. Pros
  1. UK gets lots of rain - climate ideal
  2. 90% of water converted to electricity
Ecosystems
1. Water
2. Minerals
3. Trees
Lifestyle
1. Using scarce resources
2. Exploitation (profit)
3. Conservationists
Societies
1. Exploit scarce resources
  1. Economic benefits
2. Threaten ecologies (rainforests, rivers etc.)
  1. Slash and burn deforestation techniques
  2. Palm oil plantations
  3. Brazil
  4. Indonesia
Pressure groups
1. Greenpeace
  1. Direct action
    1. Mattel
    2. Nestle
  2. Protests
2. WWF
3. The Forest Trust
4. Friends of the Earth
Government
1. Pass legistlation
  1. Leaded petrol ban
  2. Car tax
National Parks
1. Protected/conserved
  1. Biodiversity
2. Tourism
  1. Erosion
    1. To tackle this
      1. Artificial surfaces
      2. Parking restrictions
  2. Road congestion
    1. To tackle this

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	Created by Jacob Atkinson about 9 years ago