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3 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2007 · Paper 2 · Question 9(a)

A major limestone deposit with significant potential is located in the hilly interior of a Caribbean island, far from regular communication and transportation networks, and remains unexploited due to multiple factors.

List THREE factors that may impact on the exploitation of the limestone resource mentioned above.

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  1. 9(b)Explain how EACH of the factors listed in 9(a) could impact on the exploitation of the limestone resource mentioned above.[9 marks]
  2. 9(c)Outline FOUR environmental impacts that may result from the exploitation of the limestone resource.[8 marks]

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