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CAPE Environmental Science Unit 1 · 2017 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)(i)

Stakeholder groups suggested the use of a more stringent Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) prior to the continuation of bauxite mining in Country A. Comment on the use of an EIA as a natural resource management tool.

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  1. 6(a)Use examples from the description of Country A to distinguish between consumptive and nonconsumptive uses of natural resources.[3 marks]
  2. 6(b)Outline two environmental impacts that bauxite mining may have on Country A.[6 marks]
  3. 6(c)(ii)Consider the statement: "If a natural resource is to be exploited for foreign exchange earnings, it does not have to result in a depletion of its ecosystem…[6 marks]

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