RESOURCE DEPLETION

WHO IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM?

PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM BY...

• overusing natural resources so they can't replace themselves fast enough
• Overpopulation so more resources are being used
• Pollution or contamination so people can't safely use them
• That is just some of the things causing it.

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM AND

OUR RESOURCES CAN'T KEEP UP

• Recourse are either considered renewable or non renewable
• Renewable resources can replace themselves such as fresh water but if they are used to fast they might not be able to keep up.
• People are using both kinds of resources beyond there rate of replacement causing them to disappear
• Fish are the most impacted animal. They are highly overfished.

WHEN IS IT OCCURRING?

IT OCCURS...

• All the time
• People are constantly over using natural resources
• Mining like oil mining
• It happens when all of the natural resources in an area, renewable and not are used

WHERE IS IT OCCURRING?

EVERY WHERE

• It happens anywhere there are natural resources that are being over used
• Almost everywhere resources are overused
• The top ten countries with then biggest environmental footprint are...
• Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Denmark, US, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and Ireland
• Qatar has the biggest

WHY IS IT OCCURRING?

IT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE...

• Humans over use the natural resources
• Resources aren't reproducing fast enough to keep up with how fat they are used

HOW DOES IT IMPACT ANIMALS?

IT CAN...

• Take away animals homes, food and water
• Fresh water is highly overused so it may be disappearing from some animals habitats
• If a lake or pond is taken away and the animals that use it can't find more water they could die
• Animals like fish are over fished and animals that eat them may not be able to find as much as they need
• Also the animals that are over hunted are impacted because there population could drop to low

WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS?

SOLUTIONS ARE...

• Reduce the size of our environmental footprint by being more environmentally friendly
• Find a new source of energy to power our lives with out over using resources.
• Buy products without lots of extra packaging so it takes less material to make them
• Buy longer lasting products so they don't need to make so many of them.
• There is an agency, the EPA (environmental protection agency)that works to protect the environment. It was created by Richard Nixon.

WHAT ANIMALS ARE ENDANGERED BECAUSE OF THIS?

ENDANGERED ANIMALS ARE...

• The Atlantic cod is severely over exploited
• Atlantic bluefin tuna are also over exploited
• Nothing is really being done to protect them

SOURCES

• My sources are in google