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Mind Map by beth.nightingale, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by beth.nightingale
over 11 years ago
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OIL EXPLORATION IN THE ARCTIC
- LOFOTEN ISLANDS, NORWAY
- Epicentre of great arctic cod fishery - shaped island society
- This may soon be diminished by oil
- This may soon be diminished by oil
- Norweigan oil production peaked at
3.4m barrels/day in 2001 and has
been declining since
- Oil production key to the economy
and to keep interest amongst
investors, exploration areas must be
opened
- Petroleum industry
employs about
80000 people
- Accounts for quarter of
Norweigan GDP, quarter of
state income, and half of all
exports
- People are leaving Lofoten Islands for
better jobs elsewhere - population declining
- Petroleum industry
employs about
80000 people
- Oil production key to the economy
and to keep interest amongst
investors, exploration areas must be
opened
- 20% of Norweigan Shelf's
remaining reserves could be in
the area
- Statoil estimates 2bn barrels
- Statoil estimates 2bn barrels
- Many of the 25000 residents are against the prospect
- Area renowned for its natural
beauty and biological diversity
- Oil and gas activity has
catastrophic potential to harm
cold water ecosystems
- Costs would be suffered by islanders, whereas most
of benefits will go to other Norweigan areas
- TOURISM INDUSTRY
- Tourism in 2009 reached £141m
- Trekking, kayaking, whale
watching activities could be
impacted by oil spillages,
unsightly infrastructure, threat to
fisheries
- WHY PUT FISHING AND
TOURISM INDUSTRIES AT
RISK FOR AN INDUSTRY
THATS BOUND TO END
ANYWAY?
- Tourism in 2009 reached £141m
- Area renowned for its natural
beauty and biological diversity
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