Class Biotic Abiotic Renewable Non-renewable Individual Community National International
Example Flora and fauna Minerals, Soil, Forest, Water, Wind Fossil Fuel, Metals Private land, orchard Village Pond, Park River, Mines, International Ocean Territory starts after 200 km of national boundary
Stage of Development
Potential resources are yet to Potential wind energy source in be exploited deserts of India Developed Coal Mines, Oil wells Stock, potential can't be Geothermal Power Resource exploited because of lack of Hydrogen Fuel technology or capital
RESOURCES DRAWBACKS • Depletion of resources for satisfying the greed of few individuals. • Accumulation of resources in few hands, • Indiscriminate exploitation of resources has led to global ecological crises such as, global warming, ozone layer depletion, environmental pollution and land degradation. Sustainable development Sustainable economic development means ‘development should take place without damaging the environment, and development in the present should not compromise with the needs of the future generations.’ Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, 1992 In June 1992, more than 100 heads of states met in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, for the first International Earth Summit. The Summit was convened for addressing urgent problems of environmental protection and socioeconomic development at the global level. The assembled leaders signed the Declaration on Global Climatic Change and Biological Diversity. The Rio Convention endorsed the global Forest Principles and adopted Agenda 21 for achieving Sustainable Development in the 21st century. RESOURCE PLANNING Planning is the widely accepted strategy for judicious use of resources. It has importance in a
country like India, which has enormous diversity in the availability of resources. There are regions which are rich in certain types of resources but