In a broad sense , natural resources include the whole of earth's natural environment. The important renewable natural resources are : air, water, soil, wildlife and forests. The non renewable resources are : fossils field and minerals.
We gave been using the natural resources increasingly over the Yeats to provide us with food, energy and materials. This has resulted in
• a dangerous depletion of non renewable resources;
• renewable resources bring used up faster than they can be formed and ;
• pollution of the environment.
We have to conserve our natural resources, if our existence on this planet is to continue.
The main purpose of conservation is to maintain a healthy, functioning biosphere that will also provide humans with their needs, including recreational activities.
Definition of conservation :
To conserve something means to protect it and keep it in a healthy condition. In the present context, conservation means ensuring a high quality of life for humans by the wise use of the natural environment. This definition has a broad scope. It includes
• the protection of nature, i.e wide life, forests, etc. To enrich our lives;
• the controlled production of useful materials from the living environment such as crop fields and fisheries;
• the controlled use of fossil fuels and minerals and
• the control or elimination (where possible) if environment pollution.
We have to tackle the conservation problem
• indirectly through population control and reducing pollution; and
• directly through conserving natural resources.
