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Environmental Rights and Responsibilities
🌱 Part 1: Understanding Environmental Rights and Responsibilities
1. What is the environment?
Only forests and rivers
Everything around us including air, water, land, plants and animals
Just the places where animals live
Only national parks and reserves
2. Which of these are environmental rights that people have? (Select all that apply)
Access to clean water
Breathing clean air
Using unlimited natural resources
Living in a healthy environment
3. What does kaitiakitanga mean in relation to the environment?
Using resources as quickly as possible
Being a guardian and protector of the environment
Only caring about native forests
Leaving environmental protection to the government
4. Natural resources are:
Unlimited and will never run out
Limited and need to be used sustainably
Only found in other countries
Not important for human survival
🌍 Part 2: Human Impact and Sustainable Practices
5. Complete this sentence: Human actions can have _____________ consequences on the environment.
Human actions can have _________________ and _________________ consequences on the environment.
6. Give two examples of how humans negatively impact the environment in New Zealand:
7. List three sustainable practices that can help protect New Zealand's environment:
1. _________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________
8. Explain why every individual's contribution matters for environmental protection:
🔄 Part 3: Rights and Responsibilities Connection
9. Match each environmental right with its corresponding responsibility by drawing lines:
Environmental Rights
Clean drinking water
Fresh air to breathe
Access to natural spaces
Safe environment to live in
Environmental Responsibilities
Reduce pollution and emissions
Protect and conserve natural areas
Prevent water contamination
Dispose of waste properly
10. Reflection: How can you personally exercise your environmental rights while fulfilling your environmental responsibilities?
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