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arabera Junaina Hassan 2 years ago

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Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

The sustainable management of natural resources involves the careful use and conservation of materials derived from natural processes to ensure their availability for current and future generations.

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Aided by technological development

E.g.: use of solar power reduces the use of fossil fuels to generate energy

Sustainable management

HOW: 4Rs
Recover: Turn waste into useful materials
Recycle: Turn used resources/materials into new ones
Reuse: Use a resource again
Reduce: Use less of a resource
DEFINE: Use of resources in such a way that the needs of current and future generations are met.

Natural Resources

DEFINE: Useful materials produced by natural processes
2 types
Non-renewable-- resources that may not be replenished or if they are, process of replenishment occurs over a very long period of time; limited

Examples: coal, crude oil,

Renewable - resources that are replenished naturally within same time period they are used; limitless

Examples: solar energy, tidal energy, wood,

Can become non-renewable - it is used faster than it can be replenished. E.g. trees in tropical rainforests are cut down faster than the trees can regrow.

Due to human-centred view in which the physical environment is deemed important because of its usefulness to people