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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, BHUBANESWAR.
Class VIII: SOCIAL STUDIES – GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER - 1- RESOURCES
(VIRTUAL CLASSES) (Module-4)
NOTES FOR GEOGRAPHY
CHAPTER -1- RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT
Sub-topic- CONSERVING RESOURCES:
(i) Conservation of resources refers to using natural resources carefully so that they
could be renewed and continue to be used in future.
(ii) Sustainable use of resources refers to carefully utilizing resources and balancing the
need to use resources and also conserve them for the future generation.
(iii) It is our duty to ensure that all uses of renewable resources are sustainable.
(iv) The diversity of life on the earth should be conserved.
(v) The damage to natural environmental system should be minimized.
(vi) There are many ways of conserving resources. Each person can contribute by
reducing consumption, recycling and reusing things.
Balancing the need to use resources and also conserve them for the
future is called sustainable development.
The future of our planet and its people is linked with our ability to
maintain and preserve the life support system that nature provides.
SOME PRINCIPLES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:
Respect and care for all forms of life
Improve the quality of human life
Conserve the earth’s vitality and diversity
Minimise the depletion of natural resources
Change personal attitude and practices toward the environment
Enable communities to care for their own environment.
