Hello, dear Dr. Jaffar H. Al-Zubaydi, I hope you are doing well. It is very important to raise this question through scientific communication sites.

Natural resources are the raw materials that the earth provides to human beings. These resources are formed naturally, and their formation naturally means that man cannot create and shape them by himself.

Human activities have recently begun to deplete the resources of the natural environment, and this threatens human survival and long-term continuity if environmental sustainability methods are not applied. Environmental sustainability helps to ensure that the needs of the current population are met while preserving the needs of future generations without affecting them. Thus, environmental sustainability can be defined as responsible human interaction with the environment to avoid the depletion or deterioration of natural resources and to preserve the quality of the environment for a long time.

Some ways to conserve natural resources are:

1- Choosing raw materials that preserve the biodiversity of natural resources.

2- Using sustainable and environmentally friendly energy sources and investing in improving energy efficiency.

3- Using renewable resources at rates commensurate with the capacity of the natural systems that produce them.

4- To maintain the rates of population increase, the rate of consumption per capita, and the rate of technological progress, within the absorptive capacities of the environment, that is, taking into account environmental sustainability.

Sincerely yours,

Bashar F. Maaroof, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Geomorphologist and Digital Terrain Analyst, University of Babylon—IRAQ.

Dear Dr.Bashar F.Maaroof

Thank you so much Best Regard

Jaffar

I think that natural resources can be sustained through a variety of methods, such as conservation, renewable energy, and responsible resource management. Conservation involves reducing the use of resources, limiting their extraction and reuse, and preserving habitats. Renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydro-power can replace the use of finite resources such as fossil fuels. And responsible resource management involves monitoring and protecting resources, ensuring they are not overused, and using resources efficiently.

Dear Dr.peter Donker

Thank you so much Best Regard

Jaffar

Interesting question and posts provided. In terms of economies in development decoupling economic growth and natural resources is one, of the many ways, to make natural resources sustainable. Decoupling can take various forms, but a priority on a far more green growth, green economy, circular economy and low emissions (or better still zero emissions) economy can be viable and has been proven time and time again. Inherent to natural resources is obviously the natural environment and climate and thus also these need to be seen from a sustainability perspective as they are all connected. In my own field, agri-food, what is looking most promising, with some pretty good hard fact evidence results is enclosure 'hi-tech' vertical farming. One example of this comes from the UAE see the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_4SUDsZmbA

Dear Dr. Martin Hilmi thank you very much with appreciation, respect and pride

Jaffar

Dear Dr. Jaffar H. Al-Zubaydi,

Of course, you know the answer to this question! You probably want to bring variety to your point of view. Therefore, I suggest remembering that Sustainability is a long-term goal towards which development is striving. What is the purpose of natural resources? Why do we associate the purpose of natural resources only with man? Don't microorganisms, plants, animals, as well as sea waves and mountain rivers use natural resources? In my opinion, they process a much larger volume of these resources than a person. I think we need to broaden the horizon of our worldview. To do this, you can use interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and systems transdisciplinary approaches. These approaches will help us to scientifically substantiate and coordinate the long-term goals of all living and non-living objects of the Earth. After we create a single and consistent context, it will be possible to answer your question unambiguously. Thanks.

Dear Prof Jaffar H. Al-Zubaydi

A good question with some excellent answers already uploaded.

I see that you are a geologist and assume that you may be more interested in how non-renewable natural resources such as coal, natural gas, iron and tin can be used in a sustainable way?

That is a tough question. A few partial solutions follow:

· Use geochemically scarce raw materials, for example gold and platinum, in much smaller quantities than geochemically abundant materials such as aluminium, titanium and manganese. The market pricing mechanism largely takes care of this one.

· Reduce the use of scarce resources to a nano-scale, if possible – think about microprocessors, etc. (catalysts are sometimes used in very thin layers down to only 3 atoms thick)

· Increase the recycling of metals and other materials embedded in consumer products, buildings and other structures when they get to the end of their functional lives. (circular economy)

· Replace fossil fuels such as natural gas with renewable energy and green hydrogen. (hydrogen economy)

· Encourage exploration (e.g. Canada’s flow through shares) so that new orebodies can be discovered and global reserves of all types of raw materials can be kept at a minimum level of say at least 30 years. (Think long term and about intergenerational equity.)

· Encourage research related to the discovery, evaluation, economic, save and environmentally responsible extraction of the next generation of reserves, e.g. deep sea bed nodules, near-earth asteroids, etc.

I think tools such as the life cycle assessment of different extraction and production systems are important because the method with the least economic, environmental and social impact may not always be easily identifiable. The way in which many electric vehicles are currently manufactured is an example of such a case. Electric vehicles and devices that generate energy from the sun, wind and waves require lots of raw materials when manufactured and constructed. The energy transition is very materials intensive and will still result in lots of carbon dioxide emissions because fossil fuels still dominate the global energy mix.

Dear Prof Vladimir Mokiy

Thank you so much Best Regard Jaffar

Dear Prof Wilhelm Pieter Nel

Thank you so much Best Regard Jaffar

I agree with Peter Donkor that Sustainability is the practice of using natural resources responsibly, so they can support both present and future generations. Forests are one natural resource that sustainability groups are focused on conserving. Forests made up about 30 percent of Earth's land mass in 2015, but that number is at risk of decreasing. The three Rs that can help people save the environment are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Management of forest resources wisely to make it available for future generations. Sustainable development is development encourages the judicious use of natural resources to meet the current basic human needs, while preserving the resources for the needs of future generations. By reducing, reusing and recycling of non-renewable resources. Non-human species must be disturbed only to meet the basic needs. Planting of more and more trees to save our forest resources. Seeking alternatives to non-renewable resources.

Natural resources are sustainable naturally, if we (humans) do not interfere

https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/65808/1/MPRA_paper_65808.pdf

https://ideas.repec.org/p/pra/mprapa/44850.html

Book World System Thermodynamics/Global Wave Energetics

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Imo, keeping a thermodynamic balance with respect to sustainable natural resources requires a global monetary reform. The logical contradiction between infinite mathematical money creation and finite (limited) physical resources is practically self-evident, i.e. money has become access to natural resources.