Conservation of Natural Resources
Conservation of Natural Resources
Introduction:
Humans have always made use of other species. Most wild species are found in areas where people live. This is either because people want to gather natural resources from there or they put their life to risk for purpose. Over the last 10, 000 years our food has come increasingly from cultivated plants and animals. This has resulted in the rapid increase in human population. The wise and smart use of the earth's resources by humanity is termed as conservation of natural resources. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th century. Conservation includes both the protection and rational use of natural resources. It was related to the management (the act of caring something) of very special natural resources like timber (tree used for building purposes), fish, game, topsoil (upper layer of soil), grass lands, forests, wildlife and useful minerals. In recent years the science of ecology has cleared the workings of the biosphere; i.e., the complex interrelationships among humans, other animals, plants, and the physical environment. At the same time increasing population and pollution along with increasing industrialization have proved how easily our balanced environments can be disrupted. Thus conservation of resources can also be defined as “Protection and Sustainable use of resources”.
Types of Natural Resources: There are two types of natural resources; renewable or non renewable.
Renewable Natural Resources: These are the resources which are never depleted and natural cycles constantly replace these minerals. Air, water, forests, soil etc are example of such resources.
Non-Renewable Natural Resources:
The resources that are depleted or destroyed and cannot be reused. For example mineral, oil, gas, coal and fossil fuels.
How Natural Resources are getting depleted?
The combination of growing populations and increasing levels of resource consumption is degrading and depleting the natural
Introduction:
Humans have always made use of other species. Most wild species are found in areas where people live. This is either because people want to gather natural resources from there or they put their life to risk for purpose. Over the last 10, 000 years our food has come increasingly from cultivated plants and animals. This has resulted in the rapid increase in human population. The wise and smart use of the earth's resources by humanity is termed as conservation of natural resources. The term conservation came into use in the late 19th century. Conservation includes both the protection and rational use of natural resources. It was related to the management (the act of caring something) of very special natural resources like timber (tree used for building purposes), fish, game, topsoil (upper layer of soil), grass lands, forests, wildlife and useful minerals. In recent years the science of ecology has cleared the workings of the biosphere; i.e., the complex interrelationships among humans, other animals, plants, and the physical environment. At the same time increasing population and pollution along with increasing industrialization have proved how easily our balanced environments can be disrupted. Thus conservation of resources can also be defined as “Protection and Sustainable use of resources”.
Types of Natural Resources: There are two types of natural resources; renewable or non renewable.
Renewable Natural Resources: These are the resources which are never depleted and natural cycles constantly replace these minerals. Air, water, forests, soil etc are example of such resources.
Non-Renewable Natural Resources:
The resources that are depleted or destroyed and cannot be reused. For example mineral, oil, gas, coal and fossil fuels.
How Natural Resources are getting depleted?
The combination of growing populations and increasing levels of resource consumption is degrading and depleting the natural