EES EXAM

Question 1

ATOLL

Answer 1

Mining in the South Pacific
* Deep-sea mining as others
reserves are dwindling and
being depleted
* Valuable metals like cobalt,
copper and nickel
* Limited regulations and
significant unknowns about
potential environmental damage
* Not allowed internationally yet,
but can occur in EEZ
Social Challenges
High levels of social welfare in
Australia and New Zealand:
* Life expectancy is high yet health
issues (cancer and heart disease)
* Poorer social conditions of
Aborigines and Maoris:
Lower life expectancies
Higher unemployment
X3 more likely to experience sexual
violence
X15 higher imprisonment rate
Geopolitics
* Slow to cut colonial ties with new
political boundaries
* Tensions between Indigenous people
and their rights
 Aborigines in Australia
 Māori in New Zealand
* Presence of China and United States
Economic and Social Development
* Uneven economic and social
development in the region
* Compare and contrast Australia, New
Zealand and Island economies
* Social development discrepancies for
Indigenous people
Maori protesters in New Zealand fights against the
introduced bill to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitang