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    Resources are anything in the environment that can satisfy human needs. There are several ways resources can be classified: by origin as biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living); by ownership as individual, community, national, or international; by renewability as renewable (able to replenish) or non-renewable (takes millions of years to replenish); and by development status as potential (found but not utilized), developed (currently utilized), stock (available but no technology to use), or reserves (available and technology exists but not utilized).

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    Resources are anything in the environment that can satisfy human needs. There are several ways resources can be classified: by origin as biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living); by ownership as individual, community, national, or international; by renewability as renewable (able to replenish) or non-renewable (takes millions of years to replenish); and by development status as potential (found but not utilized), developed (currently utilized), stock (available but no technology to use), or reserves (available and technology exists but not utilized).

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    Resources are anything in the environment that can satisfy human needs. There are several ways resources can be classified: by origin as biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living); by ownership as individual, community, national, or international; by renewability as renewable (able to replenish) or non-renewable (takes millions of years to replenish); and by development status as potential (found but not utilized), developed (currently utilized), stock (available but no technology to use), or reserves (available and technology exists but not utilized).

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    Resources are anything in the environment that can satisfy human needs. There are several ways resources can be classified: by origin as biotic (living) or abiotic (non-living); by ownership as individual, community, national, or international; by renewability as renewable (able to replenish) or non-renewable (takes millions of years to replenish); and by development status as potential (found but not utilized), developed (currently utilized), stock (available but no technology to use), or reserves (available and technology exists but not utilized).

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    Resources –

    Anything available in our environment which can be used for


    satisfying the human needs is called a resource.

    Types of Resources
     Based on Origin
    1. Biotic Resources: All living organisms in our environment are
    called biotic resources. For example, trees, animals, insects, etc.
    2. Abiotic Resources: All non-living things present in our
    environment are termed as abiotic resources. For example –
    earth, air, water, metals, rocks, etc.

     Based on Ownership
    1. Individual: Resources owned by individuals are called
    Individual Resources. For example – land owned by farmers,
    house, etc.
    2. Community: Resources owned by community or society are
    called Community Owned Resources. For example – Graveyard,
    grazing land, ponds, burial grounds, park, etc.
    3. National Resources: Resources owned by Individual Nations
    are called National Resources. For example – Government land,
    Roads, canals, railway, etc.
    4. International Resources: Resources regulate by International
    bodies are called International Resources. For example – Ocean
    and sea beyond 200 km of the Exclusive Economic Zone and is
    called open sea or ocean. No individual country can utilize
    these resources without the permission of International
    bodies.
     Based on Exhaustibility
    1. Renewable Resources: Resources that can be replenished
    after a short period of time are called Renewable Resources.
    For example – agricultural crops, water, forest, wildlife, etc.
    2. Non-renewable Resources: Resources which takes million
    years of time to replenish are called non-renewable resources.
    For example – fossil fuel.

     Based on Status of development


    1. Potential Resources: Resources which are found in a
    particular region, but not yet used properly. For example –
    Rajasthan and Gujarat receive plenty of solar energy and have
    plenty of wind energy, but use of these resources so far has not
    been developed properly.
    2. Developed Resources: Resources which are developed and
    surveyed for utilization and are being used in present time are
    known as Developed Resources.
    3. Stock: Resources that are available, but we do not have proper
    technology to used them are called Stock. For example – water
    is made of oxygen and hydrogen, which can be used as fuel, but
    because of lack of proper technology these are not being used.
    4. Reserves: Resources which are available and the knowhow to
    use them is also present but they are yet to be used are called
    Reserves. For example – river water which is not used to
    generate electricity.

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