RNR 1001 Lecture : Class Notes
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Resources- something that can be useful for support or help. Natural resources- something found in nature that is necessary or useful to humans (a forest, mineral deposit, or fresh water) Renewable natural resources- something that is necessary or useful to humans that is replenished by nature-based processes- contrasts with non- renewable (non-living) resources (i. e. coal) Think of the accrued interest in a savings account. A stock of fish that you can take from every year apposed to a bank account that you take from and quickly disappears. Examples: productivity- blue fin tuna- sells for a. The trees can be replanted and regrown but the function of the forest is no longer the same. The species of trees or animals in the forest may change. Henry david thoreau (1817-1862: naturalist writer (walden, wrote extensively about how the world works. George perkins march (1801-1882: scientist and congressman from vermont (man and nature, 1864, natural laws and harmony; humans cause.
