TSW 2

Lea Vrabelova

Norman Joesoef

TSW 2

• Describe each of the following land uses, pointing out the problems associated with each use and any solutions being employed or proposed harvesting trees, ranching, mining. Provide your country specific five vocabs

Harvesting trees -Slovakia

• -better place for wildlife

• -more light on the forest floor

• -so trees have more room to grow

Deforestation -Indonesia

• 2.4 million hectares– At a rate of 10 acres per minute

Ranching in

• Raising livestock (cattle and sheep)

• Raising crops (hay and feed grains)

• horse raising

Mining in Slovakia

• Gas

• Coal

• Oil

• nuclear fuel

Mining in Indonesia

• Tin –ranked 2nd largest producer in the world

• Coal –ranked 3rd largest thermal coal producer in the world

• Copper – ranked 3rd largest producer in the world

Vocabs

• acid mine drainage

• hydro