Natural Resources in Africa

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Table of Contents I. Introduction 1 A. Background 1 B. Problem Formulation 1 C. Objectives and advantages 1 D. Scope of the study 2 II. Understanding of Africa 2 III. Natural resources in Africa 3 A. Main natural resources 3 B. Benefits of natural resources 4 C. Conflicts and ruination 5 D. Adjusting and conservation 6 IV. Conclusion and recommendation 7 V. Reference 9 Natural Resources in Africa I. Introduction A. Background Africa has a large quantity of natural resources including oil, diamonds, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cacao beans, but also woods and tropical fruits. Much of its natural resources are undiscovered or barely harnessed. More dynamic groups, exploiting African resources, have colonized having a low human density, for a long period of time Africa. Some economists have talked about the 'scourge of raw materials', large quantities of rare raw materials putting Africa under heavy pressures and tensions, leading to wars and slow development. Despite these abundance of natural resources, claims suggest that many Western nations like the United States, Canada, France and the United Kingdom as well as emerging economic powerhouses like China often exploit Africa's natural resources today, causing most of the value and money from the natural resources to go to the West rather than Africa, further causing the poverty in Africa. B. Problem Formulation Based on the above-mentioned background, the problems necessary to be studied are: 1. What are the main natural resources in Africa? 2. Why do some conflicts that relate to natural resources occur? 3. How could government and the world adjust those conflicts and conserve those resources? C. Objectives and advantages The study on “Natural resources in Africa” has the following objectives: 1. To

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