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  • Home
    • IB Geography Intro
    • Assessment Outline >
      • Mark Bands
      • Command Terms
    • Concepts in IB Geography
  • IB Geo Units
    • The Core >
      • 1. Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing population & places
        • 3. Challenges & opportunities
      • 2. Global Climate Change >
        • 1. Causes of climate change
        • 2. Consequences of climate change
        • 3. Responding to climate change
      • 3. Global Resource Consumption >
        • 1. Global trends in consumption
        • 2. The Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3. Resource stewardship
      • Infographic Analysis
    • Options >
      • B. Oceans & Coastal Margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Oceans & Coastal Places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical Hazard Risks
        • 3. Hazard Risk and Vulnerability
        • 4. Future Resilience and Adaptation
      • E. Leisure, Tourism & Sport >
        • 1. Changing leisure patterns
        • 2. Tourism and sport at the local and national scale
        • 3. Tourism & sport at the international scale
        • 4. Managing tourism and sport for the future
      • F. Food & Health >
        • 1. Measuring Food & Health
        • 2. Food Systems & Spread of Disease
        • 3. Stakeholders in Food & Health
        • 4. Future Health & Food Secuirty
      • G. Urban Environments >
        • 1. The variety of urban environments
        • 2. Changing urban systems
        • 3. Urban stresses
        • 4. Sustainable Cities
    • Global Interactions >
      • 4. Power, Place and Networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
        • 2. Global networks and flows
        • 3. Human and physical influences on global interactions
      • 5. Human development and diversity >
        • 1. Development opportunities
        • 2. Changing identities and cultures
        • 3. Local responses to global interactions
      • 6. Global risks and resilience >
        • 1. Geopolitical and economic risks
        • 2. Environmental risks
        • 3. Local and global resilience
    • Case Studies
    • Internal Assessment >
      • Ko Samet Introduction
      • Butlers Model
      • Fieldwork Prep
      • Report Prep Resources
    • Geographic Skills >
      • GPS - Geographic Proficiency Skills
      • Map Skills
      • Written Skills
      • Analytical Skills
      • Field Work Skills
    • Revision
  • MYP I&S
    • Y9 I&S >
      • Unit 1: Sustainable Futures >
        • 1. Introducing Sustainability
        • 2. Visioning Our Future
        • 3. Creating Sustainable Futures
      • Unit 2: Money Matters
      • Unit 3: Conflict
      • Y9 Current Events
    • Y10 I&S >
      • Castaway - Intro Activity
      • Unit 1: Oceans - The Big Blue
      • Unit 2: It's All Connected
      • Unit 3: Social Enterprises
      • Unit 4: Catalysts for Change
      • Unit 5: IDU - Expressions for Change
      • UN SDGs
      • Current Events
    • Y11 I&S >
      • Unit 1: Development
      • Unit 2: The Psychology of Marginalization
      • Unit 3: The Russian Revolution
  • Geo@NIST
    • Support Resources
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    • Why Geography?
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4. Ocean Management Futures

Syllabus Link: Future possibilities for managing the oceans as a global commons

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    Article: Oceans are world's 7th largest economy

Increasing Demands for Abiotic Ocean Resources

Causes and consequences of increasing demand for the abiotic resources of oceans, including minerals, oil and gas

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   Table: Summary table on abiotic ocean resources
   Website: Minerals in our oceans
   PDF: Marine energy & minerals
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   Article: Deep sea mining possibly as dangerous as land based mining
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  Article: Alarming scale of sand mining revealed

Trends in Biotic Resource Use

Trends in biotic resource use (fish and mammals) and the viability of alternatives to overfishing, including aquaculture, conservation areas and quotas

Introduction & trends

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   Notes: Biotic use of ocean notes
   Article: New map shows the impact of fishing
   Website: Stop overfishing
   Article: One fish at a time - Indonesia's remarkable victory

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Conservation & sustainability

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Aquaculture

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   Article: 8 million salmon killed by toxic bloom

Ocean Pollution Management Initiatives

Strengths and weaknesses of initiatives to manage ocean pollution, including local and global strategies for radioactive materials, oil and plastic waste

Pollution Issues​

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   Table: Notes on ocean pollution management
​   Facts: Ocean pollution facts
   Website: Ocean pollution issues
   Article: Sailors work to clean up Ko Samet oil spill


Local Pollution Management Strategies

Global Pollution Management Strategies

The Strategic Value of Oceans

The strategic value of oceans and sources of international conflict/insecurity, including the contested ownership and control of island, canals and transit choke points

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   Website: Ocean chokepoints& canals
   Article: What are maritime choke points?

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Geopolitical Case Study of the South China Sea

One contemporary geopolitical case study focusing on a contested ocean area

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Article: What we need to know about the dispute
    Article: Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
    Article: BBC - Why is the South China Sea contentious?
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    Article: NY Times - China's sea control is a done deal short of war

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   End of Unit Unit Synthesis Connection Activity
  •      Case study of Thai Shrimp Farming
    •              Activity: The hidden cost of cheap shrimp
    •              Starter: Sort it out a shrimple starter
    •              Videos: Hidden cost of cheap shrimp

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