Impoverishment of Natural Resources
What are Natural Resources? The resources that are obtained by humans but are produced naturally in nature and are used for daily essentials with few modifications are called Natural Resources. Anything that we get from our nature without human moderation can be labeled as natural resources. Few examples of natural resources are wood, water, sand, sunlight, fruits, ores, etc. There are two types of natural resources: 1. Renewable Natural Resources: These are the type of resources that can never be extinguished like water, air, light, etc. or can be recovered like vegetation plants, animals, etc. 2. Non Renewable Resources: These are the resources that can be extinguished as we use them. These resources can be recovered but takes decades to thousands of years to recover. Resources like coal, coal gas, minerals, etc. comes under this category. Depletion of Natural Resources: Since industrialization started in the middle decades of the 18th century people hav...