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3 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2011 · Paper 2 · Question 5(c)(ii)

Figure 6 shows the trend in illegal tree harvesting in Country X between 1975 and 1995, during which a road was constructed into interior forests and an environmental regulation policy was introduced.

Explain how building the new road affected the illegal tree harvesting trade.

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  1. 5(a)Name any Caribbean country and identify two of its natural resources.[3 marks]
  2. 5(b)Give four reasons explaining the importance of one of the natural resources identified in (a) to that named Caribbean country.[8 marks]
  3. 5(c)(i)State the year in which the new road was constructed.[1 mark]
  4. 5(c)(iii)Explain how the new environmental policy affected the illegal tree harvesting trade.[3 marks]
  5. 5(c)(iv)State how long it took for the rate of illegal tree harvesting to return to the level recorded prior to road construction.[2 marks]

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