Natural Resources: Videos

Georgia College Honors Global Issues Class Project

Welcome to our information page about natural resources! On this page we will give basic information about natural resources as pertaining to global issues and the Seven Revolutions Project.

Revolution 2 of the Seven Revolutions Project is entitled Resource Management. Researchers at the Center for Strategic and International Study believe that one of the issues that will change our world in the next 50 years is the way that the we as humans collectively manage our natural resources.

On this blog you will find information about different types of resources, issues associated with their use and you will find reliable sources if you wish to expand your knowledge further.

This blog was created by Loribeth Berry and the posts have been written by Conner Sadowski, Ashley Anderson and Loribeth.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Videos

Here are more videos that cover overfishing, deforestation,bio fuels, and habitat destruction.

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Defining Natural Resources

There are general subdivisions among the general definition known as natural resources:

Renewable resources can be defined as natural materials that can be replenished on timescales that are relatively short in comparison to the human timescale.

Nonrenewable resources are generally considered to be natural materials that are not replenishable on the human timescale as compared to mining capabilities and rate of human use.

Potentially renewable resources are a less broadly accepted definition of natural resources outside of the environmental and biological sciences community. These resources are generally defined as renewable resources that are in dire need of management in order to be replenished on timescale suitable to human consumption.

Source:

Stille, Darlene R.. Natural resources: using and protecting earth's supplies. Minneapolis, Minn.: Compass Point Books, 2005. Print.