Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. Nature, in the broadest sense is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. A natural resource's value rests in the amount of the material available and the demand for it. Supply and demand is an Economic model describing effects on price and quantity in a Market.
- . Natural capital is the extension of the economic notion of capital (manufactured means of production to environmental goods and services there are 2 types of natural resources
renewable and non-renewable. Natural resources are naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified ( natural) form
Natural resource are natural capital converted to commodity inputs to infrastructural capital processes. Natural capital is the extension of the economic notion of capital (manufactured means of production to environmental goods and services Infrastructural capital refers to any physical Means of production or Means of protection beyond that which can be gathered or found directly in nature [1][2] They include soil, timber, oil, minerals, and other goods taken more or less from the Earth. Lumber or timber is Wood in any of its stages from felling through readiness for use as structural Material for Construction, or An oil is a substance that is in a viscous Liquid state ( "oily") at ambient temperatures or slightly warmer and is A mineral is a naturally occurring substance formed through geological processes that has a characteristic chemical composition a highly ordered atomic structure and specific Both extraction of the basic resource and refining it into a purer, directly usable form, (e. Refining (also called affining) is the process of Purification of a substance. g. , metals, refined oils) are generally considered natural-resource activities, even though the latter may not necessarily occur near the former. The M acro E xpansion T emplate A ttribute L anguage complements TAL, providing macros which allow the reuse of code across
A nation's natural resources often determine its wealth in the world economic system, by determining its political influence. Developed nations are those which are less dependent on natural resources for wealth, due to their greater reliance on infrastructural capital for production. The term developed country, or advanced country, is used to categorize countries with developed Economies in which the tertiary and quaternary sectors However, some see a resource curse whereby easily obtainable natural resources could actually hurt the prospects of a national economy by fostering political corruption. The resource curse (also the paradox of plenty) refers to the Paradox that countries and regions with an abundance of Natural resources specifically point-source Political corruption can negatively impact the national economy because time is spent giving bribes or other economically unproductive acts instead of the generation of generative economic activity. There also tends to be concentrations of ownership over specific plots of land that have proven to yield natural resources.
In recent years, the depletion of natural capital and attempts to move to sustainable development have been a major focus of development agencies. Sustainable development is a pattern of resource use that aims to meet human needs while preserving the environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present An aid agency is an organisation dedicated to distributing Aid. This is of particular concern in rainforest regions, which hold most of the Earth's natural biodiversity - irreplaceable genetic natural capital. Rainforests are Forests characterized by high Rainfall with definitions setting minimum normal annual rainfall between 1750–2000 mm (68-78 inches Biodiversity is the variation of Life forms within a given Ecosystem, Biome or for the entire Earth. Conservation of natural resources is the major focus of natural capitalism, environmentalism, the ecology movement, and Green Parties. Energy conservation is the practice of decreasing the quantity of energy used Natural Capitalism Creating the Next Industrial Revolution is a 1999 book co-authored by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and Hunter Lovins. Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. The global ecology movement is based upon environmental protection and is one of several new Social movements that emerged at the end of the sixties. A Green party' or ecologist party is a formally organized Political party based on the principles of Green politics. Some view this depletion as a major source of social unrest and conflicts in developing nations.
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Other information sources
- Natural Resources Research Information Pages (NRRIPS)
- Natural Resources Weblinks (University of Denver website)
- Natural Resources Conservation Services (NRCS)
- School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE)
See also
- Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (WSU)
- Eco-sufficiency
- Ecoregion
- Exploitation of natural resources
- Forest farming
- Land (economics)
- List of environment topics
- List of minerals
- List of natural gas fields
- List of oil fields
- Natural environment
- Renewable energy development
- Sustainable forest management
References
- ^ Quentin Grafton and Robert Hill (University of New South Wales and W. The University of Denver ( DU) founded in 1864 is the oldest private University in the Rocky Mountain Region of the United States. Sustainable agriculture integrates three main goals environmental Stewardship, Farm Profitability and prosperous Farming communities Eco-sufficiency requires a reduction of the level of production/consumption in those parts of the World with the highest standards of living beyond reducing the use An ecoregion ( ecological region) sometimes called a bioregion, is an ecologically and geographically defined area smaller than a "realm" or " Resource exploitation refers to the use of natural resources to satisfy our wants and needs Exploitation of natural resources is an essential condition of the Forest farming is an Agroforestry practice characterized by the four "I's"- Intentional Integrated Intensive and Interactive management of an existing forested Land in Economics comprises all naturally occurring resources whose supply is inherently fixed (i The Natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth or some part This is a List of Minerals for which there are Wikipedia articles This list of Natural gas fields includes major fields of the past and present This list of Oil fields includes some of Major oil fields of the past and present See also Nature The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is a terminology that is comprised of all living and Renewable energy development covers the advancement capacity growth and use of Renewable energy sources Sustainable forest management ( SFM) is the management of Forests according to the principles of Sustainable development. The University of New South Wales, also known as UNSW or colloquially as New South, is a University situated in Kensington, a suburb in Adamowicz, Diane Dupont, S Renzetti and Harry Nelson (University of British Columbia (2004). The University of British Columbia ( UBC) is a Canadian public research University with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna The Economics of the Environment and Natural Resources. Blackwell Punlishing. ISBN 0631215646.
- ^ A. Weintraub, C. Romero, T. Bjørndal, and R. Epstein (Editors) (2007). Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources. Springer. ISBN 0-387-71814-9.
External links
- Statistics on Natural Resources in Canada
- Wind power dilemma for Lewis a BBC News article about an island in the Hebrides
- Research on the fair and sustainable use of natural resources
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