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The use of natural resources
Renewable resources
Are fundamental because their existence and renewal depend on rational use
Together with inexhaustible resources
Fertile soil
Agriculture and livestock
Form the basis of the global food supply, and overexploitation can use it up
Excessive use of pesticides, fertilisers and inappropriate crops
Make the soil less fertile, or make land disappear altogether
This brings serious consequences
Forests
An important source of resources
Wood
Are essential to the absorption of CO2
Emitted by industrial processes, and everyday activities
They are necessary in order to maintain plant and animal biodiversity or to generate oxygen
Becoming natural lungs' and recreational areas
Logging and forest fires
Expose the ground to weather conditions
That can cause soil erosion, uprooting and displacement
Thousands of hectares of rich soil disappear every year and it cannot be recovered
The forests are one of the most threatened renewable resources due to abusive exploitation
Non-renewable resources
Intense industrial and economic development, a high level of population and lifestyle based on consumerism
All rely on large amounts of non-renewable resources
Hydrocarbons or mining resouces
The demand for these products is so great
The whole of the Earth, including the ocean, is ripe for exploration and exploitation
The increased level of oil resources used in energy production
May lead to non-renewable resources being used up completely
These resources must not be wasted
It's essential that we find alternatives to produce the energy that we need
The demand for water
Fresh water is renewable and is in scarce supply in our planet
Fresh water is another one of the most threatened resources and there is no alternative
Pollution and overexploitation of aquifers or wasteful use of this resource are serious dangers
Due to it's consumption in developed countries
The availability of drinking water for people and animals
Does not depend on the country being dry or wet
But on its level of development
Do not have a sewerage system or a water distribution network
The most advanced countries do not worry about the scarcity of water
They don't worry that it is a renewable good that must be conserved
Consume great amounts of water
Domestic consumption
Inadequate watering systems in farming
Recreational spaces
