TOPIC

Depletion Natural Resources

Presented By:
EME CHAN
Master Student
Natural Resource Conservation
Law & Policy
Public Administration
ID: 1201790124
 CONTENT :
 Natural Resources
 2 types of Natural Resources
 Depletion
 Definition
 Causes of Resource Depletion
 Effects of Resource Depletion
 Technical Assistance for the Evaluation of Environmental
 Conclusion
Natural Resources:

 Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed
by mankind, in a natural form.
 A natural resource is anything people can use which comes from nature. People do not
make natural resources, but gather them from the earth. Examples of natural resources
are air, water, wood, crude oil, solar energy, wind energy, hydro-electric energy, and
coal.
2 types of Natural Resources:

 Non-renewable are formed over very long geological

periods or resources that cannot be replaced.
 Renewable are those that can be replenished or
reproduced easily.
Depletion:

 The use or consumption of a resource,

especially a natural resource, faster than
it is replenished.
Definition:

 It is a term referring to the exhaustion of raw materials within a region due to

the use of these resources beyond their rate of replacement.
 Depletion is the systematic allocation of costs associated with extracting
natural resources from a reserve. Typical these natural resources utilized by
businesses include minerals, precious metals, wood, and oil.
 Causes of Resource Depletion:
 Excessive or unnecessary use of resources
 Non-equitable distribution of resources
 Overpopulation
 Slash and burn agricultural practices, currently occurring in many
developing countries
 Technological and industrial development
 Erosion
 Irrigation
 Mining for oil and minerals
 drainage of wetlands
 forestry
Pollution:
Effects of Resource Depletion:

 If we continue to use these resources at the current rate we are using them, the
resources that drive our economy will one day be exhausted. Many people
don't realize the impact resources have on our daily lives. The decline of
resource availability will cause real limits to the quality of life. The prices to
acquire these materials are still increasing drastically due to scarcity.
 An increasing world natural resource price leads, in the long-term perspective,
to decreasing rates of economic growth of a resource-exporting country. The
higher the share of a natural resource sectors the lower the equilibrium growth
rate of GDP of a resource-rich country.
 solutions
 meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the
future generations to meet their own needs.
 Some steps to minimize pollution in last few years:
There is always a try to minimize pollution. Tongi Industrial Area have unanimously
decided for establishing and operating a central ETP with their concerted effort with a
view to tackling the Turag River pollution (Prothom-Alo, August 31, 2010). Some
projects are initiated to lessen this huge pollution by the government though these all
are not effective always.
 The government has taken a decision to shift the tannery industry from Hazaribagh to
Savar. The water board designed sluice gates on the Jamuna near the Bangabandhu
Jamuna Bridge from where the waters would be diverted to the Buriganga.
 Besides reforestation (re-stocking woodlands that have been depleted), afforestation
programs (planting trees on areas formerly used for other purposes) have taken place
throughout the country to maintain an ecological balance, for example, strip plantations
alongside railways, roads and embankments and coastal afforestation programs.
Millennium development goals

 1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger

 2. Achieve universal primary education
 3. Promote gender equality and empower women
 4. Reduce child mortality
 5. Improve maternal health
 6.Combat HIV/AIDS
 7. Ensure environmental sustainability
 8. Develop a global partnership or development
Goal

 To achieve economic growth with adequate protection of the country's

biological resources and its diversity, vital ecosystem functions, and over-all
environmental quality.
Brown Environment:

 Today Bangladesh is already suffering from water shortages and

air pollution. The situation is expected to get even worse in the
years to come. Likewise, the problems on the collection and
disposal of solid wastes are continuously escalating because the
system of operations can hardly cope with the increasing volume
of solid wastes.
Environmental Management and Pollution
Control :
 The program deals with the implementation of policies, programs and projects
for the effective and efficient control and management of industrial and
domestic pollution. An important component of this program is the
development of public awareness projects which are focused on citizen
participation in solving environmental issues as well as the inclusion of
environmental concerns in school curricula.
Ecological Solid Waste Management
Program:

 This program operationalizes ecological waste management in Bangladesh.

The activities include the identification and assessment of possible sanitary
landfill sites and encourage waste segregation at source, composting, re-
cycling, and re-use.
Technical Assistance for the Evaluation of
Environmental:
 Standards for Selected Industry Subsector
 Waste Management Plan for Bangladesh
 Metro Manila Air Quality Improvement Sector Development
Program
 Private Sector Participation in Managing the Environment
(PRIME)
Green Environment:

 The Bangladesh has a total land area of 147,610 square kilometers . According
to the U.N. FAO, 11.1% or about 1,442,000 ha of Bangladesh is forested,
according to FAO. Of this 30.2% ( 436,000 ) is classified as primary forest, the
most biodiverse and carbon-dense form of forest. Bangladesh had 237,000 ha
of planted forest.
Conclusion:

 Buy depleted resources from other countries that still have an abundant supply
of them, however this can be expensive.
 Explore the option of finding needed resources in space on other planets.
 To find new ways to produce and made these resources that we are loosing.
 To discover different resources that produce the same actions and play the
same roles as the depleted did.