PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Use Natural Resources from the

PRIMARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Use Natural Resources from the land sea WHICH OF THESE IS NOT RELEVANT TO IRELAND

SECONDARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Process natural resources to make things

TERTIARY ECONOMIC ACTIVITY Services that are provided

WHICH FIVE OF THESE ARE NATURAL RESOURCES 1. Coal 2. Fabrics 3. Bread 4. Natural Gas 5. Oil 6. Paper 7. Water 8. Glass 9. Peat 10. Plastic

A RENEWABLE RESOURCE A resource we can use again and again. Its always available and there is almost no end to its supply WATER WIND SOLAR

WATER: THE MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL RESOURCES

• • Water is a renewable resource. The sun evaporates water from rivers lakes and the sea (Evaporation) which rises and then cools (condensation) into clouds When clouds get to heavy they drop water as rain (Precipitation) The falling rain eventually gathers in rivers, lakes and the sea (Collection)

Water is essential to life we can only survive a few days without water How does it get from the sky to our taps.

Rainwater collected in manmade lakes called reservoir's Rainwater piped to treatments plants where pollutants are removed and flouride is added Clean water piped from local reservoirs to homes. Clean water stored in local reservoirs Treated water stored in large reservoir and pump local reservoirs

WATER POLLUTION: Can make drinking water unhealthy and kill wildlife along riverbanks or the coast Fertilisers in farming can soak into rivers. This causes an algae to grow which deprives the water of oxygen

Many industries, especially in developing countries, pour their toxic waste directly into rivers or the sea

We get most of our energy from either Oil and / or Natural Gas These are Finite resources meaning there is only a certain amount of them and they will eventually run out These are Non-Renewable resources

SAUDI ARABIA IS THE WORLDS BIGGEST PROVIDER OF OIL

Oil has brought huge wealth to the country but not for everyone. The rich have got much richer.

SAUDI ARABIA IS DEPENDENT ON ITS OIL TO SUPPORT ITS ECONOMY. WHEN THE OIL RUNS OUT THEIR ECONOMY WILL SUFFER THEY NEED TO DIVERSIFY, FIND NEW INDUSTRIES FOR THEIR ECONOMY.

WRITE DOWN THREE PROS AND THREE CONS ABOUT THE KINSALE GAS FIELD

CORRIB GAS CONTROVESY

V Shell want to process gas from the Corrib Gas Field in Mayo on land near peoples homes. They say it will provide jobs for the local area and is to expensive to process at sea Shell to Sea want Shell to process the gas at sea. They say developing a processing facility on land will damage the environment and pose a danger to people living in the area.

THE ROSSPORT FIVE Five local men who objected to the Corrib Gas proposal because they live near it. They were imprisoned for protesting against the proposal

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY: PEAT IN IRELAND Where we extract resources from the ground eg, Coal, Peat

RAISED BOG • 8 m DEEP • LOCATED ON FLAT LAND • MIDLANDS OF IRELAND

BLANKET BOG • 1. 5 M DEEP • MOUNTAIN AREAS • WEST OF IRELAND, DUBLIN MOUNTAINS

BORD NA MONA: STATE COMPANY RESPOSIBLE FOR PEAT EXTRACTION IN IRELAND

A B C D LOOK AT p 289 IN TEXT BOOK. LIST PICTURES A-D ABOVE IN ORDER OF OF STEPS ONE TO FOUR

PREPARING THE BOG

1 DRAIN THE BOG OF WATER MAKE A DITCH USING A MACHINT CALLED A DITCHER ALL THE WATER IN THE BOG DRAINS INTO THR DITCH

2 FLATTEN OUT THE BOG FLATTEN THE BOG USING A GRADER

3 LAY DOWN RAILWAY TRACKS MANY BOGS USE RAIL LINES TO TRANSPORT PEAT FROM ONE END OF THE BOG TO THE OTHER

PEAT PRODUCTS

NATURAL RESOURCES: FISHING

• FISH ARE A NATURAL RENEWABLE RESOURCE • HOWEVER IF MORE FISH ARE TAKEN FROM THE SEA THAN CAN REPRODUCE THEN FISH STOCKS WILL DEPLETE (FALL) • THIS IS CALLED OVERFISHING

WHY IS OVERFISHING BECOMING A PROBLEM SONAR: HELPS FIND FISH BIGGER BOATS: CAN GO FURTHER OUT TO SEA. STAY OUT LONGER AND CATCH MORE FISH BIGGER NETS: HELPS CATCH MORE FISH

FISHING IN IRELAND Ireland has one of the richest fishing waters in the world. This is because: North Atlantic Drift warms coast Irish waters rich in plankton which fish eat Ireland has a coastline with lots of bays and inlets so sheltered harbours

TO PRESERVE FISH STOCKS THE EU HAS FISH QUOTAS. THIS MEANS THERE IS A LIMIT ON THE AMOUNT OF FISH BOATS CAN CATCH EXCLUSION ZONES MEANS ONLY IRISH FISHERMAN CAN FISH IN IRISH WATERS. THIS STOPS BIG COMMERCIAL VESSELS FROM SPAIN COMING INTO OUR WATERS