Natural resources are:

   * Air, water and soil

   * Biological resources - plants and animals
   * Raw materials (like minerals)
   * Space and land
   * Wind, geothermal, tidal and solar energy

Natural resources are often classified into renewable, flow, and non-renewable resources.

Ecological resource- is anything required by organisms like you for normal maintenance, growth and reproduction.
Examples are water, shelter, food, and habitat. Ecological resources include fish and wildlife populations, habitats, and
their relationships to each other and the environment/ecosystem.

Economic resource- is anything obtained from the environment to meet your needs and wants. Examples are food, water,
shelter, manufactured goods, transportation, communication and recreation.

We have a lot of resources to meet our needs. Some of these resources are finite. Other resources are renewable but it
takes time to replace or replenish them. Unfortunately, the rapid consumption of these raw materials by our expanding
population has led to the exploitation of the natural resources. Exploitative attitudes of humans rapidly reduce the
availability of natural resources.

Water – a natural resource T o alleviate poverty in developing countries, improved stewardship of natural resources can
provide a way to establish sustainable livelihoods and good management of the biosphere. The resources - forests, water, minerals, fish, wildlife and others -
represents natural capital that can be used to create other forms of capital.
 Wind Energy conversion to Electricity Preparation of Solar Cells to tap Solar Energy.

Solar Cells – Tapping Solar Energy Solar, Wind and Plantation – Natural resources

Natural gas Liquifaction Plant Solar Panels – tapping Solar Energy

Solar Panels – tapping solar energy Coal – from coal mines

Slate – natural resource Ayurvedic herbs – natural resources