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    of natural resources describes using natural resources, often non-renewable or limited, for economic growth or development. Environmental degradation...
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    natural habitats are destroyed or natural resources are depleted, the environment is degraded; direct environmental degradation, such as deforestation, which...
    41 KB (4,646 words) - 03:40, 28 May 2024
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    Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as...
    30 KB (3,220 words) - 07:28, 28 May 2024
  • civilization on the Greek island of Crete declined due to deforestation and the resulting environmental degradation of natural resources. Pliny the Elder somewhat...
    29 KB (3,198 words) - 22:15, 23 May 2024
  • of the country's demand. A national level agency National Natural Resources Management System (NNRMS) was established in 1983 for integrated natural resources...
    61 KB (6,092 words) - 12:38, 26 March 2024
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    USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Eswaran, H.; R. Lal; P.F. Reich (2001). "Land degradation: an overview". Responses to Land Degradation. Proc...
    23 KB (2,428 words) - 20:33, 7 May 2024
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    depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of natural resources. European development economists have argued that the existence of modern...
    28 KB (3,252 words) - 12:24, 12 May 2024
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    consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished. Natural resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. The...
    46 KB (6,296 words) - 17:51, 7 May 2024
  • Water resources are natural resources of water that are potentially useful for humans, for example as a source of drinking water supply or irrigation...
    32 KB (6,300 words) - 23:35, 19 May 2024
  • Baland, Jean-Marie and Jean-Philippe Platteau (1996) Halting Degradation of Natural Resources: Is There a Role for Rural Communities? Daniels, Brigham (2007)...
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    extensive human migration and degradation of natural resources within the Volta-basin area, are the products of poverty in conjunction with population pressure...
    28 KB (2,960 words) - 21:22, 29 January 2024
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    that allow little room for natural habitat. Marine areas close to highly populated coastal cities also face degradation of their coral reefs or other...
    64 KB (7,149 words) - 13:13, 6 May 2024
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    Somalia has reserves of several natural resources, including uranium, iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt and natural gas. The CIA reports that...
    231 KB (22,797 words) - 02:41, 28 May 2024
  • Resource (redirect from Resources)
    management of natural resources with the goal of sustainability. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways. Resources can be categorized...
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    the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments. Its objectives are to conserve natural resources and the existing...
    52 KB (5,701 words) - 20:32, 9 May 2024
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    Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets...
    29 KB (3,036 words) - 21:02, 5 March 2024
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    the form of Type IV hypersensitivity in the presence of traces of specific processing chemicals. Natural rubber is susceptible to degradation by a wide...
    61 KB (7,046 words) - 20:37, 12 May 2024
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    contributed for several conflicts, recurring drought and land degradation resulted from natural resources warfare. Ethiopia and Kenya have straddling border stretching...
    6 KB (585 words) - 05:58, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Women and the environment
    foods in their efforts to combat industrial pollution and degradation of natural resources. The 1980s was an important decade for women in the environment...
    108 KB (13,961 words) - 06:34, 13 May 2024
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    Livability (category Quality of life)
    livability by causing pollution, extreme weather events and the degradation of natural resources. One of the biggest challenges is figuring out how to lessen traffic...
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