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6 marksSignificance and Environmental Impacts of Resource Exploitation

CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2010 · Paper 2 · Question 8(b)

Figure 8 shows a remote, heavily forested and hilly location in a Caribbean country where exploitation of a gold reserve has begun.

Outline TWO factors that the government of the Caribbean country may have considered before making the decision to grant permission to private investors to exploit the gold resource.

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  1. 8(a)(i)Describe the trends in fish harvest shown in Figure 7.[3 marks]
  2. 8(a)(ii)In what year was the maximum yield of fish obtained?[1 mark]
  3. 8(a)(iii)Suggest TWO reasons for the trends shown in Figure 7.[4 marks]
  4. 8(a)(iv)At what production level would you recommend that the country continue to harvest its fish resource? Provide THREE reasons for your recommendation.[6 marks]

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