sustainable management of natural resources, PPT for school and office projects explain how, why and measures to prevent.

2.  Sustainable management of natural resources is defined in the
Environment Act as: “using natural resources in a way and at a rate
that maintains and enhances the resilience of ecosystems and the
benefits they provide. In doing so, meeting the needs of present
generations of people without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their needs, and contributing to the achievement of
the well-being goals in the Well-being of Future Generations Act.”
 Natural resource management (NRM) is the management of natural
resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a
particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both
present and future generations (stewardship).natural resource
management

3. Natural resource management specifically focuses on a scientific and technical
understanding of resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of
those resources. Environmental management is similar to natural resource
management.
Sustainable management takes the concepts from sustainability and
synthesizes them with the concepts of management. Sustainability has three
branches: the environment, the needs of present and future generations, and
the economy. Using these branches, it creates the ability of a system to thrive
by maintaining economic viability and also nourishing the needs of the present
and future generations by limiting resource depletion. From this definition,
sustainable management has been created to be defined as the application of
sustainable practices in the categories of businesses, agriculture, society,
environment, and personal life by managing them in a way that will benefit
current generations and future generations.

4. The sustainable management of natural resources is an approach that asks us to
consider ALL these benefits when we make decisions on how we manage our natural
resources and ecosystems.

6. Management of the resources
Natural resource management issues are inherently complex and contentious. First, they involve the
ecological cycles, hydrological cycles, climate, animals, plants and geography, etc. All these are
dynamic and inter-related. A change in one of them may have far reaching and/or long term impacts
which may even be irreversible. Second, in addition to the complexity of the natural systems, managers
also has to consider various stakeholders and their interests, policies, politics, geographical boundaries,
and economic implications. It is impossible to fully satisfy all aspects at the same time. Therefore,
between the scientific complexity and the diverse stakeholders, natural resource management is
typically contentious.
After the United Nations Conference for the Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de
Janeiro in 1992, most nations subscribed to new principles for the integrated management of land,
water, and forests. Although program names vary from nation to nation, all express similar aims.
The various approaches applied to natural resource management include:
1. Top-down (command and control)
2. Community-based natural resource management
3. Adaptive management
4. Precautionary approach
5. Integrated natural resource management
6. Ecosystem management

7. What action can I take to support the sustainable management of natural resources?
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
 The Welsh Government Energy Service provides support services to public sector and community
organisations to identify, develop and deliver energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
Biodiversity
Action for biodiversity should, as far as possible, be guided by the 6 objectives of the Nature
Recovery Action Plan for Wales (NRAP8 ) which have been identified to contribute to reversing
the decline of biodiversity in Wales.
The 6 objectives to maintain and enhance biodiversity are:
• Objective 1: Engage and support participation and understanding to embed biodiversity throughout
decision making at all levels
• Objective 2: Safeguard species and habitats of principal importance and improve their management
• Objective 3: Increase the resilience* of our natural environment by restoring degraded habitats and
habitat creation
• Objective 4: Tackle key pressures on species and habitats
• Objective 5: Improve our evidence, understanding and monitoring
• Objective 6: Put in place a framework of governance and support for delivery.

8. Reduce, recycle and reuse
The 3 Rs to save the environment can be performed by each individual in our society:
Reduce: Reducing our usage and wasteful habits. Eg. not wasting food, turning off
the switches to save electricity, repairing leaky taps, reducing the amount of water
used for bathing, etc.
Recycle: Collecting discarded paper, plastic, glass or metal objects to manufacture
different products rather than synthesizing them from scratch. Must have a
mechanism to segregate and dispose of each type of waste separately.
Reuse: Using things again instead of discarding them.
For example, reusing plastic utensils and bottles. Many
things cannot be recycled or require a lot of energy,
instead, we can utilize them for other purposes.