Natural resources and types of natural resources

1. NATURALNATURAL
RESOURCES ANDRESOURCES AND
TYPES OFTYPES OF
NATURALNATURAL
RESOURCESRESOURCES
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2. INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION
A resource is defined as anything having physical or virtual entity of limited
availability , that might be consumed in order to get benefits from it. The term
resource is derived from two words ‘ re ’ means again and ‘ source ’ means the place
from where something comes again and again. The sum total of physical , chemical ,
biological and social factors which compose the surroundings of a man is referred to
as environment and each element of these surroundings constitute a resource. Any
stock or reserve that can be drawn from nature is natural resource.
E.g : soil , water , air , coal , forest , crops , wildlife , etc.
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3. TYPES OF NATURAL RESOURCESTYPES OF NATURAL RESOURCES
 On the basics of origin :
a) Biotic resources - E.g : Wildlife , Fossil fuels like coal , petroleum , etc.
b) Abiotic resources - E.g : Gold , iron , copper , silver , etc.
 On the basics of abundance and availability :
a) Exhaustible resources – E.g : Coal , petroleum , mineral rocks , etc.
b) Inexhaustible resources – E.g : Solar energy , atomic energy , wind energy , tidal
energy , etc.
 On the basics of renewability :
a) Renewable resources – E.g : Sunlight , air , wildlife , etc.
b) Non – renewable resources - E.g : Fossil fuels , Uranium
 On the basics of recyclability :
a) Recyclable resources – E.g : Ore of aluminium , copper etc , minerals used in natural
form.
b) Non – recyclable resources – E.g : Fossil fuels and Uranium
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4.  On the basics of stage of development :
a) Potential resources – E.g : Petroleum , sedimentary rocks , etc.
b) Actual resources – E.g : Wood , petroleum being used , etc.
c) Reserve resources – It’s a part of actual resource developed profitably in future
d) Stock resources – E.g : Hydrogen
 On the basics of distribution :
a) National resources – E.g : minerals and land
b) Multi national resources – E.g : Rivers , certain lakes and migratory animals
c) International resources – E.g : Air , solar energy
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5. SOME IMPORTANT NATURALSOME IMPORTANT NATURAL
RESOURCESRESOURCES
 Land resources
 Water resources
 Air resources
 Forest resources
 Wildlife resources
 Mineral resource
 Energy resources
 Microbial resources
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6. CONCLUSIONCONCLUSION
The study of natural resources have been an inseparable part of acquiring knowledge ,
ever since man started acquiring knowledge. It is a widely studied field with no
boundaries of time and space. It can be treated to have run parallel to course of human
development as well as parallel to the course of evolution of Science itself.
The conservation of natural resources are also very essential , as most of the natural
resources are exhaustible and non – renewable in nature. For this the best way , which
can be adopted to be is sustainable development , because future generation also want
to enjoy and use natural resources.
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7. BIBLIOGRAPHYBIBLIOGRAPHY
 Kiran Kaur and Sumedha Gupta – Business Ethics in the Indian Social System –
Kalyani Publications.
 http://www.buzzle.com/article/different_types_of_natural_resources.html
 http://www.wikipedia/natural_resources_type
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