Natural Resources: Anything in the environment ‘which can be used’ is called ‘natural resource’. Natural resources include total natural environment that support human life and contribute to the production of necessities and comforts to mankind. So natural resources are the components of atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere. On the basis of abundance and availability, the natural resources are of two types: (a) Inexhaustible (b) Exhaustible. (a) Inexhaustible. These are in plenty and cannot be exhausted by man’s consumption e.g., air, sand, clay etc, affected by over-population of mankind. (b) Exhaustible. These are limited and can get exhausted over a period of time. i.e., coal, petroleum etc. Management of Natural Resources A system of controlling the use of natural resources in such a way as to avoid their wastage and to use them in the most effective way is c...
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