ee.3.2 Mineral extraction in arid environments - Uranium extraction in Niger
Content
- Geographic inquiry and concept(s)
- The varying power of different stakeholders to extract economic value from extreme environments
- Geographic knowledge and understanding
- Human and physical opportunities and challenges for minerals, oil and gas extraction in arid environments, including inaccessibility and climatic and political factors
- Case study or detailed examples
- Case study of one arid environment to illustrate the issues
- Aims of this lesson
- To describe and explain the opportunities and challenges for uranium extraction in Niger.
Base knowledge and understanding
News article
Words to be defined
- Challenges
- Refers to the difficulties or obstacles that arise in the interaction between human societies and their physical environments.
- Inaccessibility
- Difficult to reach or get to.
- Opportunities
- Refers to the positive aspects or potential benefits that a geographical area offers. These can include aspects like economic prospects, social and cultural amenities, or environmental benefits that contribute to the development or improvement of the quality of life in that area.
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Review
- Explain how permafrost creates challenges for mineral extraction in cold environments. [3]
- Explain how resource nationalism can affect oil and gas extraction in cold environments. [3]
- Examine the opportunities and challenges that mineral extraction creates for communities in one or more cold environments. [10]
- Examine how the physical characteristics of cold environments present challenges for infrastructure and resource development. [10]
- Examine why the challenges of resource development differ between hot arid and cold extreme environments. [10]