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Natural resource management refers to the management of natural resources such as landwatersoil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations. It deals with managing the way in which people and natural landscapes interact. It brings together land use planning, water management, biodiversity conservation, and the future sustainability of industries like agricultureminingtourismfisheries and forestry. It recognises that people and their livelihoods rely on the health and productivity of our landscapes, and their actions as stewards of the land play a critical role in maintaining this health and productivity. It specifically focuses on a scientific and technical understanding of resources and ecology and the life-supporting capacity of those resources. Environmental management is also similar to natural resource management. In academic contexts, the sociology of natural resources is closely related to, but distinct from, natural resource management. Natural Resources are all that exists without the actions of humankind. This includes all natural characteristics such as magnetic, gravitational, and electrical properties and forces. On earth we include sunlight, atmosphere, water, land (includes all minerals) along with all vegetation and animal life that naturally subsists upon or within the heretofore identified characteristics and substances natural resources such as sunlight and air can be found everywhere, and are known as ubiquitous resources. There are very few resources that are considered inexhaustible– these are solar radiation, geothermal energy, and air. The vast majority of resources are exhaustible, which means they have a finite quantity, and can be depleted if managed improperly. Renewability is a very popular topic and many natural resources can be categorized as either renewable or non-renewable:

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