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cobalt
Cobalt is a chemical element; it has symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, somewhat brittle, gray metal.
resource
thumb|right|200px|Many types of resources are transported with the international shipping system. Resources are all the materials available in our environment which are technologically accessible, economically feasible and culturally sustainable and help to satisfy needs and wants. There are many types of resources, which can broadly be classified according various parameters, such as their availability as renewable or non-renewable resources or national and international resources. An item may become a resource with technology. The benefits of resource utilization may include increased wealt
primary sector of the economy
includes farming, fishing & mining
green economy
economy based on ecological economics or a sustainable economy or sustainability-related sectors of an economy
resource curse
economic theory that wealth of resources slows national growth
environmental resource management
management of human interaction with the environment
wood industry
economic branch
blue economy
economy relating to the exploitation and preservation of the marine environment
resource depletion
depletion of natural organic and inorganic resources
economic problem
fundamental problem of economics, satisfying unlimited wants with limited resources
mottainai
thumb| written on a truck, followed by the sentence "I strive towards zero emission"
resource based economy
economy of a country whose gross national product or gross domestic product to a large extent comes from natural resources
eco-investing
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."
energy economics
broad scientific subject area which includes topics related to supply and use of energy in societies
natural resource economics
branch of economics that deals with the supply, demand, and allocation of the Earth's natural resources
German Renewable Energy Act
federal act in Germany
Hotelling's rule
economic theory to maximize economic gain while depleting a non-renewable natural resource
International Society for Ecological Economics
Minerals of India
Overview of India's minerals
resource rent
surplus value after accounting for costs
resource war
war fought over resources
Bioeconomics
modeling in fisheries economics
material flow
transportation of raw materials, pre-fabricates, parts, components, integrated objects and final products as a flow of entities
resource justice
form of justice
Energy quality
measure of the ease at which a form of energy can be converted
Hartwick's rule
Economic theory about depletion of non-renewable resources
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