Conservation And Resource Substitution

Conservation

• As stated before the conservation of resources is a vital part of resource management.

• Schemes include national conservation plans for areas of natural beauty and importance, like wetlands and coral reefs.

• However they also include smaller scale schemes where people are educated in how to help conserve resources.

• Things like saving water, switching off lights to save energy, and education about how to treat the countryside all help to look after the resources of the world.

Forestry

• Forestry is one industry where the conservation of resources is very important.

• In some countries the natural wood resources are exploited, never to be replaced.

• However an increasing amount of countries are introducing schemes to re-forest areas once the trees have been cut down, so that they can be harvested again once they have grown.

• These are fast growing coniferous trees that take only about 25 years to reach maturity.

Fish Stocks

• Conserving and managing fishing stocks is also a very important management issue.

• Over fishing an area can mean that there will be a declining number of fish every year.

• By introducing fish quota's, saying how much each boat can catch each year, and by introducing rules about not fishing during the spawning season, fish stocks should be able to be conserved.

Recycling

• Recycling is a vitally important part of the management of natural resources.

• Bottle banks, paper and tin recycling are all common features of our lives now, and they all help conserve the resources of the world.

• There are many other natural products that can be recycled and the more that there are, the better for the remaining natural resources.

Pollution Control

• Pollution Controls have been introduced to try to reduce emissions from the use of fossil fuels and other natural resources.

• They have been heavily polluting other natural resources such as the atmosphere and the oceans, causing problems from a local to global scale.

Fossil Fuels

• Fossil Fuel power stations release harmful carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which adds to the greenhouse effect.

• They also contribute emissions to acid rain.• Controlling pollution like this has to be done

on a government level, and in the UK tough new controls on the amounts of pollution allowed by power stations have been introduced.

Cars• Cars are one of the worst polluters in the world, giving off a variety

of harmful gases, including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide. • There are more and more cars on the roads and this trend will

surely continue. • Not only do cars pollute, but they also use up the oil reserves of the

world. • Initiatives to make cars cleaner and more fuel efficient have been

introduced relatively successfully, for instance all new cars now have to have catalytic converters.

• The problem is that all of these things add to the price of the car, and the manufacturer doesn't want to put the prices up because they may lose customers.

• It is a difficult balance.