Natural Resources Research

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J
1		Natural Resource	Ownership (Public, Private, or Mixed)	Availabiltiy (Rare, Available, or Abundant	Extraction Method	Environmental cost of extraction	Approximate Replenishment Time (Years)	Renewable or Nonrenewable	Use	Waste or Environmental cost after Use?

2	Biosphere	Forests - Old Growth Forest Timber	Mixed	Rare	Logging	Soil erosion, biodiversity loss	200 years	Nonrenewable	Building material, others	depends on use
3	Biosphere	Forest - Second growth forest Timber
4	Biosphere	Forests - Timber grown by Silviculture
5	Biosphere	Forests - Pine plantations for Pulp
6	Biosphere	Crops
7	Biosphere	fossil fuels (origin)
8	Biosphere	Rainforest
9	Biosphere	Medicines derived from living thing
10	Lithosphere	Fossil Fuels - Coal
11	Lithosphere	Fossil Fuels - Oil
12	Lithosphere	Fossil Fuels - Natural Gas
13	Lithosphere	Uranium for Nuclear Applications
14	Lithosphere	Topsoil
15	Lithosphere	Land area
16	Lithosphere	Geothermal Energy
17	Lithosphere	Li - Lithium
18	Lithosphere	Fe - Iron
19	Lithosphere	Cu - Copper
20	Lithosphere	Bauxite
21	Lithosphere	Au - Gold
22	Lithosphere	Salt
23	Atmosphere	Wind energy
24	Atmosphere	He - Helium
25	Atmosphere	Ozone - Stratospheric
26	Atmosphere	N2 --> fertilizer
27	Atmosphere	O2 - oxygen
28	Atmosphere	Sunlight
29	Atmosphere	CO2 - carbon dioxide
30	Hydrosphere	water - drinking
31	Hydrosphere	water - hydroelectric production
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