How can sustainable use of natural resources help achieve sustainable development?
Sustainability is the process suggested to improve the quality of hum an life within the limitations of the global environment. It involves solutions for improving human welfare that does not result in degrading the environment or impinging on the well-being of other people. Although there is no general agreement about the precise meaning of sustainability, there seems to be a general consensus that three basic concepts are involved in sustainable measures: living within certainlimits of the earths’ capacity to maintain life; understanding the interconnections among economy, society, and environment; and maintaining a fair distribution of resources and opportunity for this generation and the next.
Resources are the backbone of every economy and provide two basic functions – rawma terials for production of goods and services, and environmental services. A common classification of natural resources is as follows (de Zeeuw, 2000,in EC-DG Environment, 2002):
• Non renewable and non recyclable resources such as fossil fuels
• Non renewable but recy clable resources, such asminerals
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