Exploitation of natural resources

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Exploitation of natural resources is an essential condition of the human existence. This refers primarily to food production, but minerals, timber, and a whole raft of other entities from the natural environment also have been extracted. Often the exploitation of nature has been done in a non-sustainable way, which is causing increasing concern, as a non-sustainable exploitation of natural resources ultimately threatens human existence.

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Sustainability and energy development [Edit]
Energy production	Active solar \| Anaerobic digestion \| Biomass \| Blue energy \| Deep lake water cooling \| Distributed generation \| Electricity generation \| Energy tower \| Fuel cell \| Fusion power \| Geothermal power \| Hydroelectricity \| Mechanical biological treatment \| Ocean thermal energy conversion \| Passive solar \| Seasonal thermal store \| Solar cell \| Solar panel \| Solar pond \| Solar power \| Solar power tower \| Solar thermal energy \| Solar tracker \| Solar updraft tower \| Tidal power \| Trombe wall \| Water turbine \| Wave power \| Wind farm \| Wind power \| Wind turbine
Energy development and use	Energy development > Environmental concerns with electricity generation \| Future energy development \| Inertial fusion power plant \| Hydrogen economy \| Hubbert peak \| Renewable energy \| Hypermodernity \| Technological singularity
Energy and sustainability status	Ecosystem services > Kardashev scale \| TPE \| UN Human Development Index \| Value of Earth \| Appropriate technology \| Infrastructural capital
Sustainability	Autonomous building > Ecoforestry \| Ecological economics \| Earth sheltering \| Development economics \| Environmental design \| Exploitation of natural resources \| Green building \| Green chemistry \| Green gross domestic product \| Natural building \| Permaculture \| Self-sufficiency \| Straw-bale construction \| Sustainability \| Sustainable agriculture \| Sustainable design \| Sustainable development \| Sustainable industries \| Sustainable living \| The Natural Step \| Windcatcher
Sustainability management	Commission on Sustainable Development > Human development theory \| Maldevelopment \| Rio Declaration on Environment and Development \| Rocky Mountain Institute \| Sim Van der Ryn \| Underdevelopment \| World Business Council for Sustainable Development \| World Summit on Sustainable Development \| Precautionary principle \| Intermediate Technology Development Group
Energy and conservation	Energy conservation > Energy-efficient landscaping \| Passive house \| Superinsulation \| Voluntary simplicity \| Ecological footprint \| Ecovillage \| Waste \| Zero energy building
Transportation	Battery electric vehicle > Electric vehicle \| Hydrogen car \| Trolleybus
Communication	Wireless Mesh

Exploitation of natural resources

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