1. Land Resources Why is land considered a resource?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of land resources?
How can individuals help manage land resources?

2. Land as a Resource
Population Density (2019)

3. Land Use
Land use changes in China 2001 & 2009

4. Forest an Agriculture

5. What Would Happen If Humans Suddenly Disappeared?
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6. Management Solutions
Preservation/ Protection

7. What Can You Do?

8. Mineral Resources Minerals are mined to make a profit.
Ores are deposits of minerals that are large enough to be mined for profit.
Extraction of Minerals

9. Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Land Resources?

10. Deforestation
Cutting of large areas of forest for human activities.

11. Deforestation Problems
Soil Erosion
Loss of habitats (complex ecosystems that can take hundreds of years to be replaced)
Global Climates – trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere during photosynthesis. Increased atmospheric CO2 causes earths surface temperature to rise.

12. Pollution Affects water and soil quality.
Runoff from mining and agricultural land use pollutes rivers and underground water supplies.