Natural Resource Basics
List 3 major natural resources.
Land, water, air, minerals, forests, and wildlife.
This is the foundation of farming and stores nutrients and water.
Soil
This type of management balances ecological, economic, and social needs.
Sustainable Forest Management
Livestock and machinery release these into the atmosphere.
Greenhouse Gases
This stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation.
REDD+
Natural resource management balances these three factors.
Social, economic, and environmental factors
This occurs when wind and water remove soil.
Erosion
Forests cover this percent of Earth’s land area.
30%
This occurs when land is cleared for farming.
Habitat Loss
This empowers local people to manage and benefit from forests.
Community Forestry
Why do we have rules for utilization for natural resources?
Rules and laws that control how we use land, water, and soil protect our land for future generations.
This practice prevents nutrient depletion.
Crop Rotation
This practice involves replanting trees in deforested areas.
What is the leading cause of deforestation?
Illegal Logging
This describes the conflict between farming, recreation, and conservation.
Land Conflicts
These determine who gets water and how much.
Water Rights
Farming uses these resources and impacts ecosystems through chemicals. List two.
Land, water, fertilizers and pesticides
This logging method harvests only mature trees.
Selective Logging
This is key to ecosystem health and resilience.
Biodiversity
These are examples of efficient water use in agriculture.
Drip Irrigation and Scheduling
Overuse leads to this outcome in agriculture.
Loss of Productivity
This happens when soil becomes hard and unusable.
Compaction
This combines agriculture and forestry.
Agroforestry
Deforestation contributes to this through carbon emissions.
Climate Change
What is the key idea about food production and the environment.
Food production has environmental costs