WHAT IS NATURAL RESOURCE?

 A Natural Resource is a source of products that are inherent to earth.

 Natural Resources include renewable and non- renewable resources.
  Natural Resources are exploited to create the products and services
that we depend on.
 Natural Resource extraction causes great environmental disruption.
 TYPES OF RESOURCES
Resources

Non-
Renewable
renewable

Resource
Metallic Non-
Solar Energy Air Soil Water -Natural
Minerals Metallic
-Coal
-Iron Minerals
-Oil
-Copper -Salt
Fossil Fuels
-Aluminum -Phosphates
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN RENEWABLE & NON-
RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Renewable Resources
Renewable resources cannot be
depleted over time.
Renewable resources include
sunlight, water, wind and also
geothermal sources such as hot
springs and fumaroles.
Most renewable resources have
low carbon emissions and low
carbon footprint.
Requires a large land/ offshore
area, especially for wind farms and
solar farms.
Non-Renewable Resources
Non-renewable resources deplete
over time.
Non-renewable energy includes
fossil fuels such as coal and
petroleum.
Non-renewable energy has a
comparatively higher carbon
footprint and carbon emissions.
Comparatively lower area
requirements.
RENEWABLE RESOURCES NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCES
Major Problems With Natural
Resources
 Low Awareness for conservation of natural
resource.
 Exploitation of living natural resource for
economic gain.
 Values and knowledge about the spices and
ecosystem inedequetly known.
 Unplanned Urbanization and uncontrolled
industrialization.
Importance Of Natural Resources
 Nature helps to maintain the environmental balance and satisfy the needs
to the fullest.
 A Wide range of industrial material and biological material from plant and
animal, directly or indirectly are used in production and in the
manufacturing of medicine.
 Resources are known as capital converted to commodity inputs to
infrastructural capital processes.
 These are the “3R Concept” 3R means “REDUSE”,”REUSE” and “RECYCLE”.
An Example is papers, our used papers will reuse by recycling it and turn it
into a new paper product.
 Resources are important for the development of any country. For example,
to generate energy, one need fossil fuels; and for industrial development,
we require mineral resources.
 It takes million of year for the formation of natural resources.
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