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To what extent is Svalbard at risk from human activity?

Struggling with this 9 mark geography question, please help!
Original post by wmcbride
Struggling with this 9 mark geography question, please help!


Hi there :wavey:

I've moved your thread to the Geography and earth sciences study help forum where hopefully someone will be answer this for you :smile:
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Svalbard is most at risk from mining , although this has stopped in the most recent years. But before eg in the 20th century’s there were lots of coal mines which exploited the natural landscape. Nowadays the main problem is over tourism and managing tourism. There are many cruises and boat tours to the other islands, where tourists can potentially damage or disturb the native species, mainly the polar bears, that live there. But the Norwegian government is very good at managing tourism numbers and promoting sustainability and management schemes, eg tourists taking their rubbish home with them.

So overall there isn’t too much of a “human risk” personally. You can listen to the “Extremities Podcast” about Svalbard too (would highly recommend) if you’re interested.

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