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Seminar

On

Natural Resources

Content

• What are Natural Resources?
• Value of Natural Resources
• Types of Natural Resources
• Uses of Natural Resources
• Major problems with Natural Resource conservation
• Policy gaps
• Reference

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• Natural resources occur naturally within environments
• Natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geo diversity existent in various ecosystems.
• Any material which is part of earth and satisfy human need and add value is called as resource. Example: rocks, minerals, soil, rivers, plants & animal.
• Human is a resource because developing his skill, he can develop other resource by adding value to the physical material .

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What are Natural Resources?

Value of Natural Resources

• Economic value- Production of things from natural resources

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• Legal value- Clean air, Fresh water, Healthy animal and human beings

• Aesthetic value- Beauty of village, roads, ponds and their agricultural fields

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Types of Natural Resources

• Biotic : Resources which are living in nature. Example: Forests ,Animals etc.

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• A biotic : Resources which are non-living in nature. Example: Air ,Water etc.

• OTHERS Renewable : Resources which can be replenished easily. Example: Sunlight

Natural Resource

• It is the form of matter/energy which is available in the earth and get used by living thing.

Eg:air,water,soil,minerals,fossil-fuel,wildlife.

Category Of Natural Resource

• Renewable

• non-Renewable

• In Ahirori, there are no forest but some villagers have planted Mango, Eucalyptus, Popular, Sagaun etc in their own field for commercial purpose.
• For this some local level traders support him for growing such trees in their own land for commercial purpose only.
• Uttar Pradesh Forest Corporation also plants Shrubs plant in public land every year but people can care of it because they don't aware for natural resources in their future.

• In Ahirori, The Solar street lights are being setup which is under “ 13^th Vitta Yojaya" in year 12-13.
• There are some private companies who have entered into the solar light business where they collect larteins in morning and charge them in their grid station and dispatch in evening to each household.
• They only have to pay minimal cost of Rs 100 per month. So this model saves environment and even money burns in buying kerosene oil for lightening.

FOREST

SOLAR LIGHT

• In the area of study the soil was found very productive as availability of water is excellent.
• The pulses grown there are good in quality and quantity wise.
• The agricultural land is large than other lands like grassing land & fallow land.
• Soils are getting polluted day by day by excess use of fertilizer and pesticides.

• In the natural resources, Ahirori is very rich in water resources like Wells, Canal, Ponds, Mini Lake, Rivers etc.
• Generally wells are private property there but Canal, Ponds, Rivers and Mini Lake are public property.
• Department of Water management, Department of Irrigation Uttar Pradesh are major institutions, who manage the water resources.

Soil / Land Resources

Water Resources

ANIMALS

• Animals are major resource of livelihood after agriculture.
• In the wild animals, Nilgai and Jackal is a most populated animal who’s affected negatively to farmers.
• The quality and population of pet animal are increasing day by day for only commercial propose.
• Fodders are getting polluted day by day by excess use of fertilizer and pesticides. This is directly impacting to animals.

Resource: www.google.co.in

Uses of Natural Resources

• Low awareness for conservation of natural resources.

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• Exploitation of living natural resources for economic gain.

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• Values and knowledge about the species and ecosystem inadequately known.

• Unplanned urbanization and uncontrolled industrialization.

Major problems with Natural

Resource conservation

• Habitat destruction

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• Extension of agriculture

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• Filling up of wetlands

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• Conversion of rich bio-diversity site for human settlement and industrial development

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• Uncontrolled commercial exploitation

Major Natural Resource threats

FLOOD

FLOOD

• Lack of policies for protection of wetlands, grasslands and other areas.

• Inadequate enforcement of existing laws

• Inadequate implementation of eco-development programmers

• Need for enhanced role of NGOs and other institutions

• Need for political commitment and good will.

• Need for providing Institutional support like Banks, FI

• Lack of Local community participation

Policy gaps

Reference

• www.google.com
• www.wikipedia.com
• www.studymafia.org
• www.pptplanet.com

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