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RESOURCES
WHAT IS NATURAL RESOURCE?
WATER
LAND
SUNLIGHT
AIR
MINERALS
FOSSIL FUELS
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE USE OF NATURAL
RESOURCE?
The Nature Protection Act defines sustainable use of natural resources as the
use of natural resources in a manner and extent which will not result in their
degradation, but rather in the maintenance of their potential in order to
meet the needs and aspirations of present and future generations.
History of debate over sustainability issue
POLLUTION
GLOBAL WARMING
NATURAL REOURCE DEPLETION
CLIMATE CHANGE
LOSS OF BIO DIVERSITY
WATER
SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER RESOURCE
Water use
It is the amount of water used by a household or a country
the amount used for a given task
NEED FOR SUSTAINABLE USE OF WATER
IMPORTANCE OF WATER
VEGETABLES,MEAT AND WATER
WATER AND GLOBAL WARMMING
RARITY OF FRESH WATER
OBSTACLES IN SUSTAINABLE USE OF
WATER
Climate change
hydrological variability of waters distribution
pressures from economic growth
major population change
IMPLEMENTING SUSTAINABILITY
Source and sink of greenhouse gases and form a co-determinant of the global
energy balance
Regulates the storage and flow of surface and groundwater resources
Storehouse of raw materials and minerals
Filtering, buffering and transforming function of hazardous compounds
Land provides the physical basis for human settlements
WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE USE OF LAND