SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL

RESOURCES
WHAT IS NATURAL RESOURCE?

RESOURCES THAT EXIST IN NATURAL FORM AND ARE USEFULL TO MAN

CLASSIFIED INTO TWO ON BASIS ON RENEWABILITY
RENEWABLE AND NON RENEWABLE
DIFFERENT NATURAL RESOURCES

WATER
LAND
SUNLIGHT
AIR
MINERALS
FOSSIL FUELS
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCE?
The Nature Protection Act defines sustainable use of natural resources as the
use of natural resources in a manner and extent which will not result in their
degradation, but rather in the maintenance of their potential in order to
meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
History of debate over sustainability issue

VIEWS ON OVER EXPLOITATION OF FOREST IN ENGLAND

OVER EXPLOITATION OF COAL IN GREAT BRITAIN
NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF
RESOURCES
NATURE CANNOT PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES THAN IT HAS
RATE OF CONSUMPTION IS HIGH
 NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES

POLLUTION
GLOBAL WARMING
NATURAL REOURCE DEPLETION
CLIMATE CHANGE
LOSS OF BIO DIVERSITY
WATER
SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER RESOURCE

Water use
It is the amount of water used by a household or a country
the amount used for a given task
NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER

IMPORTANCE OF WATER
VEGETABLES,MEAT AND WATER
WATER AND GLOBAL WARMMING
RARITY OF FRESH WATER
OBSTACLES IN SUSTAINABLE USE OF
WATER
Climate change
hydrological variability of waters distribution
pressures from economic growth
major population change
IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY

Prevention strategies and new technologies

reduce demand
storing runoff in reservoirs
diverting flows from water-abundant to water-scarce regions
water reuse and desalination
artificial recharge
Policies and laws
HYDRO POWER as a method of
sustainability
USED FOR FLOOD CONTROL
IRRIGATION
WATER SUPPLIES
Water demand management

Programmes of conservation and demand reduction

differs from the traditional supply-driven method, which makes all existing
water available
efficient and equitable water use
aimed at raising societys awareness of the scarcity and finite nature of the
resource.
LAND
Major uses of land

Source and sink of greenhouse gases and form a co-determinant of the global
energy balance
Regulates the storage and flow of surface and groundwater resources
Storehouse of raw materials and minerals
Filtering, buffering and transforming function of hazardous compounds
Land provides the physical basis for human settlements
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND

process by which the resources of land are put to good effect

both from an environmental and from an economic perspective
include farming, mineral extraction.
property and estate management
physical planning of towns and the countryside.[2]
Need for Sustainable use of land
RESOURCE
increasing human population
pressure on their finite land resources
causing land degradation
How to implement sustainability of land

Collective efforts of those immediately responsible for managing resources

Empowers farmers and other, local decision makers
Agriculture becomes a part of the environmental solution
Eco friendly construction
Govt policies and strict laws
REFERENCES

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, SIXTH EDITION

Water, Wastewater, Soil and Groundwater Treatment and Remediation
EDITED BY NELSON L. NEMEROW, FRANKLIN J. AGARDY,
PATRICK SULLIVAN, AND JOSEPH A. SALVATO

Energy and Natural Resources: Sustainability and Management

by H.D. Kumar
Natural Resource Management Under Sustainable Development
by Ram Krishna Mandal