Geography

• A renewable resource is a natural resource which will replenish either through natural reproduction or other recurring processes in a finite amount of time in a human time scale.
• Non-Renewable Resources are resources that cannot be replaced once they have been used up, such as fossil fuels (coal, oil, gas) and minerals like gold and silver
• The main renewable energy sources include wind power, solar power, hydroelectricity, geothermal heat, wave power, biomass, and biofuels
• Non Renewable resources in the Caribbean:

  * Bauxite (Jamaica, Guyana and Suriname)

  *Gold (Haiti, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago)

  *Limestone (Puerto Rico, Jamaica and Cuba)

  *Oil and Gas (Belize, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago)
• Renewable resources in the Caribbean:

  *Solar Energy

  *Wind Energy

  *Wave Energy

  *Hydroelectric Power
• Sustainable Development is the development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
• GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year
• GDP is also used to determine the development stage of a country
• Globalization is the interaction of natural and human phenomena on a global scale
• The internet and global media give Caribbean people access to wealth information, ideas, entertainment and social contact
• Belize has productive fishing grounds.

  *Rivers bring nutrients to the sea

  *Shallow waters offshore hold nutrients for marine life

  *Mangroves and seagrass beds in shallow water provide food and shelter for young fish
• In Belize, coastal fishing is located where there are:

  *Productive fishing grounds offshore

  *Sheltered harbours for fishing vessels

  *Communities organized for commercial fishing
• Services (Tertiary) - providing services such as banking, education, health care, retailing, tourism, transport, etc.
• Which industry uses raw material to produce or manufacture something new?

  Secondary industry