Introduction :
Over-exploitation of natural resources harms the health of ecosystems and the well-being of populations. In the face of environmental crises and growing inequalities, we must take action, including by drafting legislation on extended producer responsibility and the supply chain, ensuring green public procurement, supporting technical innovation to improve resource circularity and adopting decision-making processes that include and respect women, indigenous peoples and local communities
Natural resources are essential to human well-being. We cannot live without the clean air we breathe, the plants we eat or the water we drink. We need natural resources to put roofs over our heads and heat our homes. We need them to survive and prosper.
The concept of natural resources refers to the natural and non-living elements of the terrestrial system, including plants, fish and fungi, but also water, soil and minerals. An important way of thinking about natural resources is to consider them in terms of the risk of exhaustion: do they regenerate and, if so, at what rate? Some resources, such as trees and plants, are renewable because they regenerate relatively quickly. Others, such as copper and oil, take much longer to form and are considered non-renewable.
Together, natural resources form a dense network of interdependence, forming ecosystems that also encompass human beings. As such, the distribution of resources shapes the face of our planet and the local specificity of our environments. People have developed, with the natural environment, different types of cultural, spiritual and subsistence relationships, adopting value systems that go beyond economic frameworks.
Explications :
Pour mieux comprendre, voici un shéma explicatif et 2/3 vidéos :)
https://youtu.be/ZwfGHRs_IqM
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