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Module 07 Finiteness of Resources
Module 07 Finiteness of Resources
Marlon C. Pareja
Associate Professor, Biological Sciences Department
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Cristina C. Salibay
Professor, Biological Sciences Department
Look at the picture of the Earth shown above. This was taken from Apollo 11 in
1969 after take-off and the first picture of Earth taken from outer space. Think
that all your time, experiences, achievements and the whole span of your life
will happen in the only known habitable planet in the solar system. Imagine how
limited our planet is and that there is no planet B that we can go if the Earth is
not taken care of.
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7.1. Understanding Impacts of Loss
Economic:
Environmental:
Economic:
Environmental:
Forest Social:
Economic:
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Environmental:
Economic:
Environmental:
7.2. Mining
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7.2.1. Philippines Mineral Deposits
The reality is not that oil is depleting but rather that we are
transitioning from a period of easily-accessible oil at low prices to an era
of increasingly unconventional production, which has higher costs since
supply is finite. Cost of extraction shall be the limiting factor in the supply
and cost of oil products. At some point, unconventional oil exploration will
get so expensive that consumers will look to lower-cost alternatives. The
increasing popularity of hybrid vehicles, electric vehicles, bicycle
transportation in urban areas are examples of such a shift. Below is the
cost and benefits of fossil fuel extraction.
Profit-driven and
production not accessible
Social Employment of Locals to all
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7.4. Deforestation
a. Source of Food
b. Source of raw materials (furniture, clothes,
shelter)
c. Climate control and modification
d. Disaster Risk Reduction
e. Source of medicine
f. Tourism value
g. Air and water purification
h. Social and Cultural value
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7.4.2 Impact of Deforestation
Displacement of tenured
migrants and indigenous
people.
7.5 Overfishing
Millions of people all over the world rely on natural waters for their staple
food and income. This means that thousands of fish and other aquatic
resources are captured daily to meet the growing demand for them. As
more depends on fish, oceans and seas continue to face the threat of
depleting supply of fish and other resources from waters.
The Philippines is the world’s second largest archipelago with 2.2 million
square kilometers of marine-water area, according to the Bureau of
Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
How does this fare with other countries? This makes our country highy
abundant in marine resources, thereby placing it in one of the top major
fish-producing nations worldwide. Yet, managing the Philippines marine
resources is a big challenge because of overexploitation.
Majority of the fishing grounds in the country was found to deplete in fish
stock in due to overfishing. This happens when a particular type of
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fish from a body of water is removed at a higher rate than they are
replenished in time at a given area.
Area Impact
Social Fishing is a source of livelihood and nutritional needs of
millions of people. The unsustainable fishing practices
and consequently overfishing, collapse the aquatic
resources. Without fish production, fisheries are gone
and fishermen loss their livelihood.
Environmental
Overfishing can destroy the environment and marine
ecology and completely disrupt the food chain.
You have been oriented that depletion of natural resources occurs when
resources are consumed at a faster rate than that of replacement. This
natural resource depletion emphasizes value of a resource in terms of its
availability in nature.
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Child wasting: the share of children under the age of five who are
wasted (i.e., who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute
undernutrition);
Child stunting: the share of children under the age of five who
are stunted (i.e., who have low height for their age, reflecting
chronic undernutrition);
Child mortality: the mortality rate of children under the age of five
(in part, a reflection of the fatal mix of inadequate nutrition and
unhealthy environments).
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spread of arable land vis-à-vis bio-fuels, industry and urbanization.
Climate change, the vanishing of biodiversity of ecosystems and the
diversity of agricultural cultivars, new plant and animal diseases, and
increasing energy and food prices, the loss of food and waste food, and
speculation on the food market, will have a disadvantageous impact on
global food security.
Food price
Global food crisis that began with the sudden increase in food
prices all over the world. The increase in prices is being felt the
most by the millions of the poorest people. It is estimated that
global food prices can increase by 70-90% by the year 2030, and
that’s without calculating the impact of climate change, which
could cause prices to double10.
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The increase in the area of scarcity water and the limitation
of the availability of land. Water is one of the most important
factors deciding the fate of a human being. The available drinking
water constitutes only 1% of global water resources. Water
resources are decreasing in many countries due to climate
changes. A significant increase in demand for food is not only on
water resources but also in land. Due to the of soil erosion,
depletion of nutrients, infrastructure development and
urbanization of agricultural land area is decreasing.
The food losses and food waste. Food losses occur primarily in
the low-income countries as a result of the lack of adequate
infrastructure. Food losses occur mainly at the production stage,
and minimally at the stage of consumption.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
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ASSESSMENTS
Individual Work
a. Transportation
b. Food security
c. Energy sources
d. Health
e. Lifestyle
Present your collective suggestion by creating a powerful one-
minute video using your mobile phone.
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