RESOURCE DEPLETION

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM?

• Resource Depletion: the number of natural resources reducing.
• Problem: non-renewable resources are going quickly and
• renewable resources are becoming non-renewable.
• Without these resources animals will find it harder
• to find food and will eventually die off.

WHO IS CAUSING RESOURCE DEPLETION?

• Humans are causing this.
• Why this is happening:
• Over population, Over use of resources
• Technological and Industrial development
• Mining and Pollution

IMPACT ON ANIMALS

• The animal this is impacting most is The Tiger. Tigers have lost 93% of
• there historic range. This is mainly caused by Resource Depletion,
• which leads to less prey for the tiger. Other animals affected
• include Orangutans, Amur Leopards and Pandas, This is also
• due to mainly deforestation (humans destroying the forests)

WHEN IS THIS HAPPENING?

• Resource depletion is happening right now.
• Many of our main resources are predicted to be gone soon.
• Zinc in 2026, silver in 2028, copper in 2038 and gas in 2049

WHERE IS THIS HAPPENING?

• Resource depletion is happening everywhere, but
• because about one half of the forests that once covered the
• Earth have been destroyed, there is a lot of deforestation
• caused by resource depletion. Most deforestation is around
• Brazil, Indonesia, Sudan, Zambia and Mexico.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP?

• More trees and plants should be planted around the areas we take from,
• Although this is already happening, it is not enough, so we need to plant more.
• If more people recycle we won't have to cut down so many forests and will
• save animal habitats. This could lead to less extinction. If we conserve water
• by not letting faucets run, we will take less from oceans and save sea animals.

THE TIGER

• There are many different types of tigers including Siberian, Bengal and the South China tiger.
• Tigers are located all across Europe
• There are around 3,200 tigers left altogether
• The tiger is the largest cat species
• It's scientific name is Panthera tigris

HOW ARE PEOPLE HELPING THE TIGER?

• The tiger is extremely affect by resource depletion, mainly deforestation
• Tigers need large territories, so fewer tigers can survive in the wild without their habitat.
• Humans are protecting the tiger by participating in things like
• WWF's ROARR Campaign, which is protecting tigers by protecting their habitats with donation money,
• Stop using tiger products, Donating to these organizations and partitioning are other ways people are helping.

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