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  2. Global strategies
  3. Managing natural resources

Managing natural resources

  • Managing effectively reserves of raw materials

Description

Natural resource management is generally taken to mean the focused management of particular naturally occurring useful items such as wild game, water, soil, minerals, and timber producing trees.

Broader

Managing resources
Yet to rate

Narrower

Planning development of natural resources
Excellent
Managing wetlands
Presentable
Managing water
Presentable
Managing natural areas
Presentable
Managing local agricultural resources
Presentable
Incorporating sustainable indigenous management systems for land resources
Presentable
Managing marine resources
Yet to rate
Managing energy resources
Yet to rate
Improving allocation of resources
Yet to rate
Extracting natural resources
Yet to rate
Controlling use of natural resources
Yet to rate
Assuring supply of natural resources
Yet to rate

Facilitated by

Using environmental labelling
Excellent
Instigating community resources management
Excellent
Creating geographic information systems
Presentable
Assessing earth's carrying capacity
Yet to rate
Advancing environmentally sound technology and management systems
Yet to rate

Problem

Unsustainable energy consumption
Excellent
Shortage of natural resources
Excellent
Natural environment degradation
Excellent
Vulnerability of world genetic resources
Presentable
Unconstrained exploitation of natural resources
Presentable
Irreversible depletion of natural capital
Presentable
Insufficient use of natural resources
Presentable
Undervaluation of natural capital
Yet to rate

Value

Unnaturalness
Yet to rate

Reference

International Institute for Environment and Development / World Resources Institute: World Resources 1987: an assessment of the resource base that supports the global economy
Gupta, Anil K: Saga of a star fish: participative design of sustainable institutions for natural resource management
Repetto, Robert: World Enough and Time: successful strategies for resource management

Web link

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean EnergySustainable Development Goal #8: Decent Work and Economic Growth

Metadata

Database
Global strategies
Type
(C) Cross-sectoral strategies
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Material
  • Resources » Resources
  • Management » Management
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    May 20, 2022