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Depletion of Natural Resources

The document discusses the depletion of natural resources and possible solutions. It defines depletion and identifies overpopulation, overconsumption, deforestation, pollution, and unsustainable farming as causes. Effects include shortages, pollution, loss of forests and biodiversity, and health/economic impacts. Solutions proposed are controlling deforestation, reducing consumption of oil/minerals, exploring renewable energy, protecting coastal ecosystems, and creating awareness about conservation.

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Depletion of Natural Resources

The document discusses the depletion of natural resources and possible solutions. It defines depletion and identifies overpopulation, overconsumption, deforestation, pollution, and unsustainable farming as causes. Effects include shortages, pollution, loss of forests and biodiversity, and health/economic impacts. Solutions proposed are controlling deforestation, reducing consumption of oil/minerals, exploring renewable energy, protecting coastal ecosystems, and creating awareness about conservation.

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DEPLETION

OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
By. Kaye Claire L. Estoconing
BSED SOST 2C DAY
Objectives:
• To define the depletion of natural resources.
• To identify the cause and effect of the depletion
of natural resources.
• To look for possible solutions for managing the
problem of the depletion of natural resources.
✔ What are the possible solutions for managing the
problem about depletion of natural resources?
Water Phosphorus
About 23 million tons of phosphate rock per year
are being consumed and used as fertilizer, food
•On a daily basis, 10 billion tons of fresh water are additive, pyrotechnics, pesticides, toothpaste,
being consumed worldwide detergents. U.S Geological
Survey, 2020 - U.S Geological
The World Counts (2021) Survey, 2020

Oil
Daily worldwide consumption (2016) 97 million
Coal
The world consumes 1,147,083 cubic feet of coal
per capita every year (based on the 2016 world
barrel (1 barrel = 159 liter) most population of 7,464,022,049 people) or 3,143 cubic
well-known use of petroleum to propel vehicles, feet per capita per day, mainly used for energy
to heat buildings, and to produce electricity. production.
World Oil Statistics – Worldomete, 2016r Worldometer,2016

Rare Earth Minerals


Natural Gas •Rare earth metal production was on the rise again in
Natural gas consumption worldwide amounted to 2020, jumping to 240,000 metric tons (MT)
roughly 3.8 trillion cubic meters, mainly used for worldwide — that’s up from 220,000 MT in 2019 and
diverse as heating, cooking, generating electricity 190,000 MT in 2018. Mainly used for used
and manufacturing in rechargeable batteries for electric and hybrid cars
etc.
Statista, 2020
•Investors Report, 2021
CAUSES OF
DEPLETION OF THE
NATURAL RESOUCES
Mining of
Overpopulation Overconsumption Deforestation and
and Waste the Destruction of Minerals and
This is the excessive Ecosystem oil
With 7 billion people Excessive mining
on the planet, the and unnecessary use Leading to loss of behavior leads to
demand on Earth’s of resources. biodiversity excessive resource
resources continue to extraction and can
increase. also harm the local
environmental system.
Technological and Unsustainable
Industrial Farming Practices Pollution &
Development Contamination
Excessive use of of Resources
Increasing amount of
resources to develop
fertilizers and  Increased level of
new technologies and to pesticides, farmers will pollution on fields and
supply enough things of be able to supply in turn may lower crop
our daily lives for all great amounts of food. yields for farmers.
people on our planet.
EFFECT OF
DEPLETION OF THE
NATURAL
RESOUCES
Water, oil, gas shortage

Pollution

Loss of Forest Cover

Depletion of Elements and Minerals

Extinction of Animals and Plants

Global warming

Health and Economic Effects


People in the regions in question
report abuses such as severe
human rights violations or
permanent ecological damage in
the wake of raw material extraction,
which often provokes health
problems resulting from air pollution
and drinking water contamination.
Other consequences include local
populations being driven off their
land and forced to settle elsewhere
– not to mention growing poverty
SOLUTION TO THE RESOURCE
DEPLETION PROBLEM
Controlling Deforestation
01 Programs aimed at checking against deforestation such as REDD (Reducing Emissions
from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) created by the World Bank, the New York
Declaration on Forests, and the United Nations are initiatives that could help reduce
the depletion of natural resources.

Reducing oil, mineral, and material consumption


02 Oil-rich nations along side the World Bank, state, and
consumables’ administrative bodies ought to connect hands towards a
common worldwide objective of examining how oil and mineral utilization, as well
as abuse, can be diminished.

More exploration and use renewable sources of energy


03 Renewables such as solar and wind power can be explored more and
utilized to reduce the dependency on fossil fuel, which is a
major cause of environmental pollution, climate change, global
warming, and destruction of natural habit.

- Conserve Energy Future (n.d)


Protecting wetlands and coastal ecosystems
04
The coastal and wetland ecosystems are thus vital in sustaining the
food chain as they replenish water sources and avail minerals and
nutrients for primary producers (green and flowering plants), essential
for maintaining plant and animal biodiversity. Also when coastal
ecosystems are protected, they aid in controlling marine overfishing
and protect coral reefs.

Sensitization and awareness creation


05 People need to be educated on how their daily practices put a strain
on the scarce natural resources and their individual contributions to
the depletion of natural resources. The main purpose of creating
awareness would be to encourage people to preserve and restore the
natural environment by getting involved in conservation efforts.
Earth provides enough to satisfy every
man’s needs, but not every man greed.

- Mahatma Gandhi
Thanks !

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