Natural Resources

-Jyoti Jadhav
 Introduction
• Abiotic : Air, water, soil, minerals, climate and
solar energy
• Biotic : Plants and animals
• The interactions between the abiotic aspects of
nature and specific living organisms together form
ecosystems of various types
• Earth’s resources and Man:
1) The Atmosphere
2) Hydrosphere: 3/4th of earth’s surface
3) Lithosphere: Consists of 92 elements, 200 mineral
compounds
4) Biosphere: Relatively thin layer where life can exist
 Types of resourses
• Natural or physical • Human or cultural
1)Inexhaustible or flow
resources
-automatically renewable
-renewable with effort of
man
2) exhaustible or Fund
resources
-recyclable,
nonreclycable
Renewable and Non-renewable resources

• Natural resources and associated problems:

a. Unequal consumption of natural resources
b. Planning land use
c. Need for sustainable lifestyles
• Non-renewable resources- Minerals, Fossil fuels
like oil and coal
• Renewable resources-
A. Forest resources
B. Water resources
 Forest resources
• Use and overexploitation
• Deforestation

FUEL WOOD CONSUMPTION

INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE
DEVELOPMENT CAUSES OF
DEFORESTATION

DEVELOPMENTAL
OVER GRAZING
PROJECTS
 Causes of deforstration
• Expansion of agriculture
• Animal grazing
• Timber extraction
• Mining and deforestration
• Large dams and deforestration
• Forest fire
• Pest diseases
 Water resources
• Over utilization and pollution of surface water
and ground water
• Global climate change
• Floods
• Drought
• Water for agriculture and power generation
• Sustainable water management
• Dams and problems caused by dams
 Mineral Resources
• Mining : 4 phases
 Prospecting
 Exploration
 Development
 Exploitation
• Mine safety
• Environmental problems
 Food Resources
• World food problem
• Changes caused by agriculture and overgrazing
• Effects of Modern agriculture:
 Soil pollution
 Contamination of water
 Water scarcity
 Global climate change
 Water-logging
 Soil salinity
 Loss of genetic diversity
 Energy resources
• Growing energy needs
• Non-renewable sources
 Fossil fuels
 Coal
 Natural Gas
 Petroleum
• Renewable sources
 Biomass
 Biogas
 Solar
 Water
 Wind
 Ocean
 Geothermal
 Etc.
 Land resources
• Land degradation
• Landslides
• Soil erosion
• Overgrazing
• Mining activities
• Desertification
• Role of individual in conservation of natural
resources
• Equitable use of resources for sustainable lifestyles
Thank you!