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 **The Easter Island Disaster:**
 * Resource Exploitation at Its Worst **

"The remains of a once prosperous culture. Reproduced under the Fair Use interpretation of copyright laws, courtesy of www.sacredsites.com."



Easter Island was once the home of a thriving civilization in the South Pacific. Unfortunately, due to poor management strategies, the island was completely deforested by 1600. This had disasterous consequences. Without tree roots to grasp the ground, the island's topsoil eroded away and agriculture became very difficult. As quality of life on the island deteriorated, so did relations between the natives. Infighting broke out and devastated the population. By the time European settlers arrived in the early 1700s, only a few thousand natives were living.


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**(50 points)** **Completed Webpages due November 14 Evaluations due November 24** ·  What are the major details surrounding the event? ·  What are the causes of the event? ·  Have any laws or policies been changed or created as a direct result of the event? .
 * Environmental Disasters Project Instructions **
 * Environmental Disasters Project Instructions **
 * Project Objectives: **
 * To gain an in depth understanding of an environmental disaster.
 * To practice research and organizational skills.
 * To encourage group collaboration and delegation of work.
 * Project Requirements: **
 * Create a logically organized, aesthetically pleasing webpage which answers the following questions concerning your environmental disaster:
 * Include at least three (3) images.
 * Properly cite //__all__// sources/references (both written and visual).
 * Evaluate the references of and comment on one other group’s page.
 * Project Grading Rubric: **
 * || ** 5 ** || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** __Completion__: ** || All project requirements are fully met.  ||  All project requirements are met.  ||  All but one //minor// project requirements are met.  ||  A major project requirement is missing.  ||  More than one major project requirement is missing.  ||
 * || ** 5 ** || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** __Organization__: ** || Webpage is aesthetically pleasing, and logically organized.  ||  Webpage is attractive and organized.  ||  Webpage is organized.  ||  Webpage severely lacks aesthetics //or// organization.  ||  Webpage severely lacks aesthetics //and// organization.  ||
 * || ** 5 ** || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** __Accuracy__: ** || All information is sound, and academic integrity was fully maintained.  ||  Information is sound, and academic integrity was maintained.  ||  Poor selection of information, but academic integrity maintained.  ||  Minor lapses in accuracies, but academic integrity maintained.  ||  Major inaccuracies //or// failure to maintain academic integrity.  ||
 * || ** 5 ** || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** __Participation__: ** || Active daily participant; equally contributed to the final project  ||  Daily participant; equally contributed to the final project  ||  Daily participant; minor contributions to the final project  ||  Absent during work days; minor contributions on own time  ||  Absent during work days; no additional contributions  ||
 * || ** 5 ** || ** 4 ** || ** 3 ** || ** 2 ** || ** 1 ** ||
 * ** __Evaluations__: ** || Accurate assessment of other group’s references; constructive comments  ||  Accurate assessment of other group’s references; appropriate comments  ||  Assessed other group’s references; appropriate comments  ||  Assessed other group’s references; inappropriate comments  ||  Failure to assess other group’s references __OR__ malicious comments  ||