USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Less known are the devastating effects on Africa’s environment that the stripping of natural resources such as diamonds, ivory, bauxite, oil, timber and minerals has produced.

Detailed explanation-2: -Europeans began to drain African natural resources including palm oil, ivory, rubber, gold, diamonds, metals, and cotton. The European rule in Africa was a mixture of economic exploitation, racist subjugation and well-meaning reform.

Detailed explanation-3: -Africa’s natural resource economy contributes greatly to the continent’s built environment, or human-made buildings and structures. The largest engineering projects and urban areas are directly linked to the production and trade of resources such as water, oil, and minerals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The colonial era is synonymous with particularly strong destruction of ecosystems. Colonization led to intensified hunting, especially for the ivory trade. About 65, 000 elephants were killed each year in Africa at the end of the 19th century. The forest also suffered damage because of conversion to farmland.

Detailed explanation-5: -The continent has 40 percent of the world’s gold and up to 90 percent of its chromium and platinum. The largest reserves of cobalt, diamonds, platinum and uranium in the world are in Africa. It holds 65 per cent of the world’s arable land and ten percent of the planet’s internal renewable fresh water source.