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6. Public places, heritages and resources should be conserved with the joint efforts of
all the people in the community.
7. Local people should keep the surrounding clean and green. Environment sanitation
programme should be launched frequently.

8. There should be proper management of solid and liquid wastes.
9. Terrace farming should be practised and plantation should be done on slopy areas to
control soil erosion.
10. Natural and cultural heritages of the community should be preserved and promoted.
Public participation should be increased in such activities.

11. As far as possible, non- renewable resources should be conserved and renewable
resources should be utilized properly.

12. We should raise public awareness regarding the conservation of nature at local level.
Summary

1. Natural resources are all the resources that are self- created and supplied from the
physical environment of the earth without any human action.
2. The resources found in nature are classified mainly into three types: Perpetual
resources, renewable resources and non- renewable resources.
3. Those natural resources which persist in nature and are never used up even after
their continuous utilization are known as perpetual resources.
4. Renewable resources are those resources which can be used repeatedly and replaced
naturally.
5. Those natural resources which, once are used up due to their continuous utilization,
cannot be replaced or replenished are known as non- renewable resources.
6. Natural resources are of great need and importance for all the living creatures
found on this earth.
7. There is an intricate relationship between the nature and human beings. Human
beings depend on the nature or resources available in nature for various things.
8. The invisible mixture of various gases present in the atmosphere that surround the
earth is called air.
9. Water is one of the very basic needs for sustaining life. We cannot live without
water.
10. The structure of the land of a place or country is different depending upon the
geological structure, nature and types of rocks and natural formation of land.
11. Nepal is rich in biodiversity due to its great variation in altitude, climate,
geographical structure and natural vegetation.
12. Minerals are substances that are formed naturally and are found in the earth.
Mineral is one of the main natural resources found in Nepal.
13. We live in nature and use natural resources to fulfill our various needs. Our happy,
healthy and prosperous life depends on the wise utilization of natural resources
and conservation of nature.
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