Geography July

2. Industries involved in the collection and extraction of raw materials, such as mining coal or quarrying stone.
3. A large, open site where rock, slate, or gravel is excavated from the ground.
6. A term meaning that there are no more individuals of a particular wildlife species still living on Earth.
7. The material that an elephant's long tusks are made of, which was subjected to a worldwide trade ban in 1990.
8. A major international conservation group (World Wide Fund for Nature) that actively raised money to help protect elephants.
10. The harm or destruction caused to the natural environment when resources are misused or industrial waste is discarded carelessly.
13. The UK government body responsible for protecting and expanding woodlands in a sustainable way.
14. Natural materials found in the environment—such as coal, iron ore, and timber—that are useful to humans.

1. This historical Roman structure features a nearby quarry in Northumberland National Park that closed in 1978 and was later restored.
4. The type of development that focuses on the protection of resources for future use by limiting damage to the environment.
5. A prominent UK voluntary environmental group that campaigns globally to protect ecosystems, listed alongside the RSPB and the Woodland Trust.
6. Wildlife species that are at risk of dying out completely unless quick action is taken to help protect them.
9. Endangered animals heavily targeted by poachers for their horns, which are sometimes used for handles on traditional daggers.
11. The international body (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) that banned the global ivory trade.
12. Illegal hunters who kill elephants for their highly valuable tusks.