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CAE2tlA IATURAL RESOURCES *Difinitions. A natural resource us neature of the enuironiment which is needed and used by people, I ag innerals soils, vegetation Any raturally occuring substance that is of value to peope - Naturally occurring commodities that are exploited to meet human zeeds eg minerals, - litter, soil, plants animals. classification of resources - Natural resources are put into two graus A enculable \& non-renewable resources. Prenessiable Resources - Resources that can be generated or increased by human nodification - Resources that cannot be finished after Use - Resources that can be replaced of recused Non-Renewable Resources - Resources that are used once and cannot be repraced - Resources which get used up or finished or exhausted. - Things that once used up will never again occur naturally in sine envionment - Renewable | & ; 1 -Water - Timper/wookilfurests - Fisheries. | - and - animals - sun/sunlight | Non-Renewabe - Muneral's eg Suistainable use of resources in the local area Definition → Suctainable use is the careful playred and contrated exploitation of resources so. that they will alreays be present for the future generations (The ruise use of resources by the present Seneration so that - It secks to maintain a balance, between the satisfection of humbe seneds and the preservation of the physicallenvironment. "Use of resources in a way that will answere that they do mot run act and in a kay that doef not hatin the environment. How hesources can be extracted suistainably - Selective clearance of forest's and woodlands ). Precycting techmongies - Poddocking to reduce cyergrazing - Using renersable recources Oviota systems to reduce overfishing affectation ared reforestation proming valuable species Population and Resources - Collecting rain mater- (Water havivesting) - Using alternative rawi materials/resaures - Turning afflights when they are not being used - Improving governance of sinall scale mining (tegislation) - support to widdife and ecotorrism: - Envirorimental educiction A complex relationship sousts between population and resources. Plesairces must match the available population: $\Rightarrow$ fopulation grouth rates therefore have a direct ifflinence on the availablity and use of. resairces such as vegetation, water, land and minerals Population 'growth rate and its effects on resources. - The larger tire population the higher the demand on resources and the greater the imfact on the local envirsment …