Natural Resources

Natural Resources

1. What is a natural resource?

   • Natural resources are vital for human beings because without natural resources humans could not live, natural resources are trees, plants, etc.

2. Role of natural resources

   • The protection and sustainable use of resources natural resources can generate jobs and growth economic through tourism, agriculture, aquaculture among other ecosystem services and can generate income up to five times more higher than its cost in annual terms.

3. Distribution of Natural Resources

   • natural resources are not distributed equitably since there are countries in which there are almost no natural resources and others in which there are more

4. Problems of natural resources

   • In some regions of the world there are very few natural resources but in others there are many

5. Types of natural resources

   • Renewable Resources
   • Non-renewable Resources
   • Metallic and Non-metallic Resources

6. Resource Recovery

   • To recover the resources we can try not to cut down so many trees and if we cut down 1 at least plant 2 or more, there are different types of cans for different things for example:
     • Metal
     • Paper
     • Glass
     • Plastic
     • Others

7. Natural resource conversation

   • To conserve natural resources we have to be aware of the damage we do when we cut down a tree or damage any natural resource

8. Natural Resource factsheet

   • The world population is expected to increase to 10.2 billion by 2050, with two-thirds living in cities.

9. Threats to Natural Resources

   • Land Use
     • Many forests and vegetation lands will be converted into settlements for people, roads, and farms.
   • Forests:
     • Humans cut down less and less trees and if everything continues like this, soon we will have no trees
   • Fishing
     • Every time humans fish more, they kill more animals, especially because the population increases and more people need to eat.

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