ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES AND ITS POSITIVE EFFECT TO MAN

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Environmental Resources can easily be defined by anyone and in simple terms, these are resources which can be found in the environment which are useful to human. These resources can be man-made or built but we are more familiar with that of the natural resources.

They are different categories in which Environmental resources are being classified. They are as follows:

  1. Cultural resources
  2. Social-economics
  3. Natural resources
  4. Human resources
  5. Water resources
  6. Atmospheric resources
  7. Mineral resources

Mineral Resources
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The mineral resources falls under the natural environmental resources as it is been provided by nature and when exhausted, can no longer be replaced. There are mostly found out in rock and they includes the gold, coal, silver, petroleum and metal which can only be gotten through mining and exploration. They can be found in countries around the world: US, Brazil, Ghana(Gold coast), Nigeria which was one of the largest producer of coal in the early 1960's.

Atmospheric Resources
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These particular resources are the most important to humans, it is known as the resources found in the atmosphere and which we all know the atmosphere contain gases which aid in respiration, oxygen used by humans and carbondixide by plant are gotten in the atmosphere. Aside plant using the sun lights as a means of photosynthesis, the world searching for an alternative and safer ways to generate clean electricity through solar energy, absorbing the radiation of the sun and be converted to energy which produces power.
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California in the United state has Solar plants running the state and few Years ago, China assemble one of the largest solar panel in the world. It can also be seen in many homes around the world. The wind on the other part can also generate electricity as Germany and the United Kingdom leads in this.

***Water Resources****
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These are water bodies resources and are found under that Natural categories. They are Aquatic life fishes and other animals which are found in water, minerals like Petroleum. This is the part that got some student confused while I was teaching this particular topic during my short training,most Africans does not know that petroleum can be gotten from the water bodies. Petroleum is believed to be form by the decay of animals and plants which sunk to the ground and which takes years of formation to produce. Most of the major oil companies are offshore as they do exploration of oil from the sea.

Human Resources
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Every other resources cannot be put to use or utilize without the human resources. This are the resource which controls and coordinates every other form of resources. For every other resources have mentioned above, The human intelligence and work force which are being inserted is the final consumer.

Natural Resources
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These are the inclusion of the natural forces of elements found the environment both living and non- living. Examples are vegetation, wildlife, lakes, ponds, rivers, ground waters, soil, topography and geology. These are provided by nature and are inexhaustible. They can be seen in our every day life irrespective of where you stay around the world.

Social-Economic Resources
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This refer to the functional part of the society which are the people, communities, offices, farmlands, hospital, recreational facilities which makes life more suitable for the habitat of the environment.

Cultural Resources
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These are the resources which have values and represents our beliefs, cultural heritage and can be historic properties which is part of our history. The Statue of Liberty in the United State is a good example, others can be building, dam, bridges and even towers. When people sees these, it means a lot to them as it reminds them of the past and where dey are coming from. Africans mostly especially keeps objects which serves as deities. These are resources with value.

Environmental Resources are those resources one cannot do without because we make up those resources, for the betterment of living. These resources are being converted to energy which helps to keep our industries running and hydro-power electricity generation which lights up our homes and which alternatively energy gotten from the sun are being used to generate electricity. Countries builds stronger relationships through exchanges of these resources, and provides materials to industries and even for construction. Everything around us are Environmental resources be it Natural or Built

Our Environment is our pride, treat it the same way you treat yourself.

REFERENCE
http://www.250interchange.org/index.php/2013-03-20-13-49-38/10-environmental/16-environmental-resources
http://www.jotscroll.com/forums/3/posts/209/resources-meaning-definition-types-resources-examples-uses-geography.html

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Hi, @yungchief. I would say that your article is quite nice but it can be a little bit longer than it is now. Regarding your images, I realised that all of them were taken either from Pixabay or Pexels and both websites provide non-copyrighted images. That's good but the way you embed the link for the sources, I would say that you should have to lead the clicker to the original website. If I click the source now, it would automatically download the picture instead of bringing me to the original website.

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Thanks for your response. I always got a blank page whenever I click on next to get the original site. Had this problem with Pexel.com.

I will put a longer article on my next post. I appreciate your response

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