Envionment

ENVIONMENT
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterizedby amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems.
Natural resources are derived from the environment. Some of them are essential for our survivalwhile most are used for satisfying our wants. Natural resources may be further classified in different ways.
Natural resources are materials and components (something that canbe used) that can be found within the environment. Every man-made product is composed of natural resources (at its fundamental level). A natural resource may exist as aseparate entity such as fresh water, and air, as well as a living organism such as a fish, or it may exist in an alternate form which must be processed to obtain the resource suchas metal ores, oil, and most forms of energy.
There is much debate worldwide over natural resource allocations, this is partly due to increasing scarcity (depletion ofresources) but also because the exportation of natural resources is the basis for many economies (particularly for developed nations such as Australia).
Some natural resources suchas sunlight and air can be found everywhere, and are known as ubiquitous resources. However, most resources only occur in small sporadic areas, and are referred to aslocalized resources. There are very few resources that are considered inexhaustible (will not run out in foreseeable future) – these are solar radiation, geothermal energy, and air(though access to clean air may not be). The vast majority of resources are exhaustible, which means they have a finite quantity, and can be depleted if managed improperly.