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saving natural
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Natural resources
The resources that are derived from the environment are
1.Forest Resources
2.Water Resources
3.Mineral Resources
4.Food Resources
5.Land Resources
6.Energy Resources
Forest Resources
Forest :
Uses
Threats
Mainly two types of threats are present.
1.Natural disasters
2.Man induced threats
Man-made
disasters: 34%
Total: 8,219,000
Flood: 19%
Other natural
disasters: 21%
Volcanoes: 1%
Earthquake: 8%
Landslides: 3%
* International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (The Economist, Sept 6, 1
Overpopulation.
countries.
Erosion
Irrigation
Aquifer depletion.
Control Measures
Controlling deforestation :
Efforts to control deforestation must be taken on a
global scale.
In addition to making sure that emissions from
deforestation are kept to a minimum, an effort to
educate people .
Reforestation is also being encouraged in many
countries in an attempt to repair the damage that
deforestation has done.
Contd
Participate in your community's recycling programs.
Most
of the
Earth
is
covered
by water
Land
(29%)
Oceans
(71%)
Water Pollution
Pollution from domestic sewage
The high rates of used domestic water to drainage
The general lack of sewage treatment plants.
The discharge of large quantities of untreated
mitigation.
Several programs are implemented such as
1.Integrated development and use of water resources
2.Drinking water supply and sanitation
Mineral Resources
Minerals : which have definite chemical properties and
Threats
1.Mining
2.Disturbences to mantle layer which leads to Earth
quakes , drowning of land.
3.Deforestration leads to loss of Bio diversity.
4.The acid mine drain-by usage of acids to extraction
process which leads to mix of acids in soil and
Aquifer.
5.Loss of marine life due to oil spils while extracting
oil.
Food Resources
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional
Contd
Green revolution shifted traditional practices to
modern practices.
It was first given by Norman Borlang .
There were many draw backs such as salinity ,
soil erosion , water logging , death of non micro
organisms.
For these problems Albert Howard introduced
some practices known as organic farming.
Land Resources
Land is an area which constitutes of biotic and a
biotic compounds.
Due to soil erosion and land degradation soil is
being eroded by agents like wind , water and
human activities .
Improper agricultural practices like Monoculture
and also introduction of alien species through
hybrid varieties also leads for the erosion of soil.
Control Measures
1.Biological
control
Mulching
Poly-culture
Crop rotation
Contd
2.Mechanical
control
Contour farming
Terrace farming
Step farming
Energy resources
The capacity to do work is known as energy.
It is divided as 2 types: