Sustainable Resource Management
🌍 Part 1: Understanding Sustainable Resource Management
1. Define sustainable resource management in your own words:
2. Circle the best example of sustainable resource management:
Using all available oil reserves as quickly as possible
Fishing only what can be naturally replenished each year
Cutting down entire forests for timber
Building factories without environmental controls
3. Fill in the blanks about balancing human needs and environmental protection:
Sustainable resource management requires finding a __________ between meeting human __________ and protecting the __________. This ensures that future __________ will also have access to these resources.
🛢️ Part 2: Oil Pollution Case Study
4. List three causes of oil pollution:
5. Check all the environmental impacts of oil spills:
Death of marine wildlife
Contamination of water sources
Improved fish populations
Damage to coastal ecosystems
Harm to seabirds
Better water quality
6. Describe how oil pollution affects human communities:
⚖️ Part 3: Balancing Economic and Environmental Needs
7. Match the stakeholder with their main concern about oil exploration:
1. Oil company
2. Environmental group
3. Local fishing community
4. Government
A. Protecting marine ecosystems
B. Maintaining fishing livelihoods
C. Maximising profits from oil
D. Balancing economy and environment
8. Should economic benefits of oil exploration outweigh environmental risks? Explain your position:
🛡️ Part 4: Management Strategies
9. List three strategies that can help prevent oil pollution:
10. Circle the most effective immediate response to an oil spill:
Wait for the oil to naturally disperse
Contain the spill and begin cleanup immediately
Cover the spill with sand
Ignore it and hope for the best
11. Design a simple action plan for your local community to prepare for environmental emergencies:
🔄 Part 5: Sustainable Alternatives
12. Fill in the blanks about renewable energy alternatives:
Instead of relying solely on oil, we can use __________ energy sources such as __________, wind, and __________. These alternatives are more __________ because they don't run out and cause less __________ to the environment.
13. Draw a simple diagram showing how sustainable resource management works (include humans, environment, and resources):
14. Why is managing resources sustainably essential for our future? Write a short paragraph:
💭 Part 6: Reflection and Extension
15. What is one thing you can do personally to support sustainable resource management?
16. If you were an environmental minister, what would be your top priority for protecting natural resources? Explain why:
17. Research Extension: Choose a recent environmental issue in the UK and briefly describe how it relates to sustainable resource management:
