“The humans who were developed by using the natural resources, today has become the reason for destroying them” – This statement is absolutely true.

1. Primitive man lived in forests and hills. He used the natural resources for his livelyhood. He worshipped nature and used them wisely for his development. 

2. After his development, he becomes greedy and using the natural resources indiscriminately and held responsible for their destruction. 

3. To meet the needs of growing population, industrialization, urbanization, and huge constructive activities, man utilised natural resources Indiscriminately. At the same time, he did not planned for their revival. 

4. But now he realised the importance of natural resources and taken up steps for their conservation. The concept of “Sustainable development” is being implemented in natural resource management.

5. He focussed on development of alternatives for fossil fuels, conservation of water and soil at community level and farmer based interventions. 

6. Now he is so keen on conserving forests, wild life and biodiversity. 

7. He is so cautious in minimising the utilization of natural resources by following 4’R principle in the day to day life [R – Reduce, R – Reuse, R – Recycle, R – Recover] 

8. Now, he is adopting micro-irrigation methods like sprinklers and drip Irrigation to minimise the water usage in low water available areas. 

9. He is very interested in following ecofriendly techniques, natural farming methods, using biofertilizers, vermicompost and natural pest control methods in place of toxic chemical pesticides.