Management of Natural Resources

What will you learn

• Our resources like forests, wildlife, water, coal and petroleum need to be used in a sustainable manner.

• We can reduce pressure on the environment by sincerely applying the maxim of ‘Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose and Recycle’ in our lives.

• Management of forest resources has to take into account the interests of various stakeholders.

• The harnessing of water resources by building dams has social, economic and environmental implications. Alternatives to large dams exist. These are locale- specific and may be developed so as to give local people control over their local resources.

• The fossil fuels, coal and petroleum, will ultimately be exhausted. Because of this and because their combustion pollutes our environment, we need to use these resources judiciously.