Elucidate the concept of conservation and management of resources.
संसाधनों के संरक्षण येवम प्रबंधन की संकल्पना को स्पष्ट कीजिये।
Answer:
Any object or substance is a resource if that has usability or utility to humans.
Types of resources:
- Natural resources
- Human-made
- Human resources
For example,
- Groundwater in many cities gets exhausted because of overexploitation.
- Many Natural resources such as Petroleum, Coal, and forests are depleting very fast, and they will be exhausted in the near future. Hence there is a need for the Conservation and management of resources.
Conservation and management of resources:
The following actions are needed:
- Scientific and technical understanding of resources is needed for the conservation and management of resources.
- Managing the interaction between people and resources.
- Sustainable usage of resources is key to conservation and management.
- Sustainable usage of resources means prudent usage of resources to fulfill the current needs without compromising the availability of future generations.
- Conservation and management of resources should be based on the balanced development of all three types of resources that is natural, human-made, and human resources.
- Not too much usage of natural resources to develop human-made and human resources.
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The following are some principles of sustainable development:
- Minimum Waste Generation
- Minimize the per capita consumption of resource
- Recycling of materials
- Using renewable resources.
- Respect and care for all forms of life
- Improve the quality of human life
- Conserve the earth's diversity
- Minimize the depletion of natural resources
- Change personal attitudes and all actions should be environment-friendly
- Enable communities to care for their own environment.
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