NCERT CBSE Class 10th Science Chapter 16: Sustainable Management of Natural Resources

Anything in the environment which can be used is called a natural resource.

Natural Resources includes total natural environment that support human life and contribute to the production of necessities and comforts to mankind. So natural resources are the coihponents of atmosphere, hydrosphere and lithosphere.
 

Types of Natural Resources

On the basis of abundance and availability, the natural resources are of two types

• Inexhaustible

• Exhaustible

Management of Natural Resources

A system of controlling the use of natural resources in such a way, as to avoid their wastage and to use them in the most effective way is called management of natural resources.

 

Conservation of Wildlife

It is very important to conserve wild-life to maintain the ecological balance in nature and to preserve the gene pool. Some of the measures (or steps) to be taken for the conservation of wildlife are given below:

• Laws should be made to impose a total ban on the poaching (killing) or capturing of any animal or bird belonging to an endangered species.

• The natural habitats of wild animals and birds should be preserved by establishing National Parks and Sanctuaries throughout the country.

• The Government Department connected with the conservation of wildlife should conduct a periodic survey in all the forests, National parks and Sanctuaries to have knowledge of the population of all species of wild animals and birds.

• Special attention should be paid to the conservation of endangered species of wild animals and birds to prevent their extinction altogether.

• The unauthorized felling (cutting) of forest trees for timber trade and fuel-wood should be curbed (stopped) immediately.

Sustainable Management

Management of forest resources wisely to make it available for future generations. To consider the conservation of forests, we need to look at the stakeholders who are :

• The people who live in or around forests are dependent on forest products for various aspects of their life.

• The Forest Department of the Government which owns the land and controls the resources from forests.

• The industrialists—from those who use ‘tendu’ leaves to make bidis to the ones with papermills who use various forest produce.

• The wild life and nature enthusiasts who want to conserve nature in its pristine form. A major program called silviculture has been started to replenish the forests by growing more trees and plants.

The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:

• Why do we need to manage our resources?
• Forests and Wildlife
• Water as a Resource
• Coal and Petroleum

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Chapter 2: Acids, Bases and Salts
Chapter 3: Metals and Non-Metals
Chapter 4: Carbon and its compounds
Chapter 5: Periodic Classification of Elements
Chapter 6: Life Processes
Chapter 7: Control and Coordination
Chapter 8: How do organisms reproduce?
Chapter 9: Heredity and Evolution
Chapter 10: Light - Reflection and Refraction
Chapter 11: The Human Eye and the Colourful World
Chapter 12: Electricity
Chapter 13: Magnetic Effects of Electric Current
Chapter 14: Sources of Energy
Chapter 15: Our Environment

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