What are natural resources?

1. Concept

Natural resources are a source of primary material wealth, formed and existing in nature that humans can use to meet life's needs. Natural resources include many forms. Material energy, natural information, and objective existence beyond human will have value and can be used by humans in the present and future to serve the development of society.

2. General properties

+ Uneven distribution among regions on Earth

+ On the same territory, many types of natural resources can exist

+ Most natural resources with high economic value are formed through long-term natural and historical processes

+ Objective existence beyond human will

+ Formation and development follow the fluctuations of nature and time

- Resource flow in the economic system: When exploiting and using natural resources, some will turn into waste, the rest will be put into the production system. From here, a part will be discarded as waste, the rest will be goods for consumption, and finally they will become waste.

Thus, natural resources are the contributions to land production activities such as cultivated area, factory locations, minerals, forestry and seafood available in nature, not created by humans. Natural resources are among the four production factors of the economy.

3. Types of natural resources

Natural resources are v formsSubstances are present around humans, they have existed since the beginning of time and will still continue in the future so that humans can exploit and use them.

Natural resources are considered an important factor affecting economic growth in Vietnam, including:

- Land resources: agricultural land, non-agricultural land, land for industrial production (specifically we can mention such as brick making, ceramic making...)

- Water resources: including drinking water, production water, freshwater fisheries, aquatic plants, hydroelectric energy...

- Marine natural resources: including seafood, salt, aquatic plants, tourist attractions...

- Forest resources: including animals, plants, forest products, tourist destinations...

- Wind resources: including wind power, transportation...

- Mineral resources: including coal, ore, limestone, oil and gas...