2. resources
Everything available in
our environment which
can be used to satisfy our
When these resources are sourced and
exploited from the nature they are
needs.
known as natural resources.
Culturally
acceptable
Economically
feasible
Technologically
accessible
3. Using our resources cleverly, to sustain
the resources and conserve the
environment.
Sustainable management of our natural
resources is very important for
developing as a country
Now we will be looking at some of the
most important natural resources and
confronting with the ways to use them and
do sustainable development.
4. Exploiting of resources in a very unthinking way can lead to many problems. And this can be faced by
Awareness and by taking actions…
One such example is with Ganges (Ganga)
GANGA ACTION PLAN
5. • How can we make a difference???
The 3R’s to a more sustainably
developed future..
Reduce:
This means that we use less. We buy less and avoid creating waste.
This is very simple to do as no energy is used in doing so.. Moreover it is
conserved..
1. Turn off light after use and at day time.
2. Carpool or use public transports..
6. Recycle:
This means resynthesizing things which we don’t want and
making new things which we want.
This may be a bit at sometimes as we need to segregate things
first and there also consumption of energy.
7. REUSE:
Using things more than one time. This better than
recycle as there less energy consumption.
1. Instead of throwing away used envelope, reverse
them and use them again.
2. Use plastic bottles that we get with food items
to store thing in kitchen.
8. Forest and wildlife resource management.
Forest are biodiversity hot spots. The main aim
for conversation is to try and preserve the
biodiversity. Loss of diversity may lead to a
loss of ecological stability.
People also contribute in management of
forest.
The Chipko movement is one of such. This was
started in Reni in Garhwal, high up in
Himalayas in 1970s.
9. Those who depend upon forest products. And also those who look after
there conservation. These are the Stakeholders
1. The people who live in or around forests are dependent on forest
products for their daily life aspects.
2. The “ Forest Department of the Government “ which owns the land and
controls the resources from it.
3. The industrialists those who use forest products.
4. The wild life and nature enthusiasts who want to conserve nature in its
pure form.
10. Water management
Water is one of the most important
resource in a human’s life. It is non
exhaustible but most of it is saline
water which is not fit for human use.
So we need to save the water we get as
rain as it the only water which is fit
for human use...
11. Dams
Ensure storage of water
Used to produce energy
Advantages:
Check floods
Disadvantages: Displacement of large no.
of people
Contribute enormously in
deforestation and the loss
of biological diversity
Swallow up huge amount of
public money with no
proportionate benefits.
12. Water Harvesting
It is saving the water when we have for the time when we have less source of it. It is
collecting and storing rain water for future use.
The common methods of water harvesting are :-
i) Digging pits, ponds, lakes etc.
ii) Building small earthen dams or concrete check dams.
iii) Construction of dykes.
iv) Construction of reservoirs.
v) Construction of rooftop collecting units in houses.
13. The best to harvest water is to harvest it
as ground water…
Advantages of underground water
It provides
moisture for
irrigation of crops.
It does not get
polluted easily.
It does not provide
breeding ground
for mosquitoes and
houseflies.
It does not
evaporate easily.
It spreads out and
recharges wells.
14. Fossil fuels
Oxides of nitrogen
and sulphur may
lead to acid rain
Formed by
decomposition of
plants and
animals
Coal 200 years
Reserves may last
for
When burnt
release
Petroleum 40
years
Non renewable
source of energy
Carbon dioxide a
green house gas
