Natural resources

thumb|upright=1.25|Surface-water-Gley soil|gley developed in [[glacial till in Northern Ireland]]

naturally occurring resource, including mineral resources (e.g. metal ores), mined fossil fuels (e.g. petroleum), water resources (e.g. lakes and groundwater), water energy resources, timber, arable land, game (e.g. deer), fish in water bodies, etc.

class of economic resources that natural processes do not readily replenish at practical rates

sources of water that are useful or potentially useful

economy based on ecological economics or a sustainable economy or sustainability-related sectors of an economy

research field on the interdependence of human economies and natural ecosystems

world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms

rock concretion on the sea bottom made of layers of iron/manganese hydroxides

elements of biodiversity, including flora and fauna, ecosystems, fossils and geological structures

mining on asteroids

(in economics) comprises all naturally occurring resources whose supply is inherently fixed

bottleneck variable limiting the evolution of a system

use of natural resources for economic growth

economy relating to the exploitation and preservation of the marine environment

astronautical use of materials harvested in space

Eco-investing or green investing is a form of socially responsible investing where investments are made in companies that support or provide environmentally friendly products and practices. These companies encourage (and often profit from) new technologies that support the transition from carbon dependence to more sustainable alternatives. Green finance is "any structured financial activity that’s been created to ensure a better environmental outcome."

nature of the physical material at the surface of the earth

hydrogen that is formed by natural process

thumb|Example of extractivism: open-pit mining in Russia thumb|Example of European extractivism: a quarry in the Apuan Alps, [[Italy. No Cav is an anti-extractivism movement fighting against this activity.]] Extractivism is the removal of natural resources particularly for export with minimal processing. This economic model is common throughout the Global South and the Arctic region, but also happens in some sacrifice zones in the Global North in European extractivism. The concept was coined in Portuguese as "extractivismo" in 1996 to describe the for-profit exploitation of forest resources in

metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem

in situ resources on the Moon

core principle of social ecology

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form of resource depletion characterized by loss of nutrients from part or all of an ecosystem

measure of the ease at which a form of energy can be converted