Case Study: PROTECTING PEOPLE and the ENVIRONMENT: How Can the Environment and Indigenous
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Case Study: PROTECTING PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: How can the environment and indigenous peoples be protected as the oil and natural gas industry expands in Russia?
Directions: Read pp. 402-405. Answer the questions below in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
The world is hungry for oil and natural gas, and Russia has about 5 percent of the world’s known oil reserves and more than 20 percent of the known natural gas reserves. Even though Russia uses some of these resources, there is much more in the ground and discoveries of new oil fields are made regularly. As Russia develops its market economy, it looks to oil and natural gas exports as a way to earn income.
1. Why is it difficult for indigenous groups in Russia to protect their environment and their way of life?
2. Compared to the oil reserves of Canada, how much oil does Russia have?
3. What does the picture show about some of the conditions that will be encountered while building the pipeline?
4. What can cause an oil spill?
5. Why are environmental groups urging the Exxon gas company to reroute a proposed pipeline?
6. Should Russia depend on oil and gas profits to fund social services as well as economic and technological development?
7. Why do some of the indigenous peoples object to oil and gas projects that will bring tremendous profits to Russia?
Case Study: PROTECTING PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: How can the environment and indigenous peoples be protected as the oil and natural gas industry expands in Russia?
Directions: Read pp. 402-405. Answer the questions below in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.
The world is hungry for oil and natural gas, and Russia has about 5 percent of the world’s known oil reserves and more than 20 percent of the known natural gas reserves. Even though Russia uses some of these resources, there is much more in the ground and discoveries of new oil fields are made regularly. As Russia develops its market economy, it looks to oil and natural gas exports as a way to earn income.
1. Why is it difficult for indigenous groups in Russia to protect their environment and their way of life?
2. Compared to the oil reserves of Canada, how much oil does Russia have?
3. What does the picture show about some of the conditions that will be encountered while building the pipeline?
4. What can cause an oil spill?
5. Why are environmental groups urging the Exxon gas company to reroute a proposed pipeline?
6. Should Russia depend on oil and gas profits to fund social services as well as economic and technological development? 7. Why do some of the indigenous peoples object to oil and gas projects that will bring tremendous profits to Russia?