How to Use natural resource in a Sentence

natural resource

noun
  • King came to Tech to study forestry and natural resources.
    Henri Gendreau, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Siberia was to get 10% of all the revenues raised from its natural resources.
    The Economist, 21 Dec. 2019
  • The change is part of an effort to preserve this unique natural resource as tourism in the area has boomed.
    Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024
  • The problem with the world today is the waste of energy and the lack of respect for natural resources.
    Georgia Frances King, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019
  • The country, rich in natural resources, has been a key partner in the West’s fight against Islamist groups in west Africa.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 27 July 2023
  • Too often, the natural resources in Africa are perceived not to be for the people who live there, Nyong'o said.
    Nekesa Mumbi Moody, chicagotribune.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The natural resource was relatively rare, so by about 2,500 B.C., the Egyptians found a way to make more of the same hue at home.
    Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
  • We were blessed by not having natural resources; we were forced to look elsewhere to take tourism and trade to the next level.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • All those nations have sought ownership of the natural resources near the North Pole.
    Christian Wienberg, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2019
  • On the people side, the disease can erode trust between the public and natural resource managers, Schuler said.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia and Brunei also have claims in the area, which is rich in natural resources, including fish, oil and gas.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2019
  • Greg Beard ranks among Wall Street's most successful natural resource investors of the past two decades.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2022
  • He's also learned that the public wants the natural resources to be protected.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2020
  • States rich in natural resources such as oil, gas and coal were among the leaders in building reserves to guard against a recession.
    Billy Kobin, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2019
  • By the end of the decade, natural resources and mining represented $13.1 billion of the state’s gross domestic product and made up 1% of the state’s jobs.
    The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Renewal of our natural resources, the great gift nature gave our area.
    Gabriel Greschler, The Mercury News, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Malaysia, China and Vietnam all claim rights to the natural resources in this part of the contested waterway.
    Hannah Beech, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2020
  • Ilus is the first of these planets, one rich with natural resources but also marked by the ruins of a long dead alien civilization.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 27 July 2019
  • One of my great passions is to enlighten others on how to protect the most valuable natural resource of the planet: streams and rivers.
    Boris Kondratieff, The Conversation, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Gabon, which is on the Atlantic Ocean, has just 2 million people and abundant natural resources.
    Abdi Latif Dahir, Quartz Africa, 23 Sep. 2019
  • But these things have been debated for well over 40 years in terms of clean air, clean water, our natural resources, the Endangered Species Act.
    Hannah Wiley, The Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens work 24/7 to protect the state’s natural resources.
    John Goodspeed, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • Young people are the world's most precious natural resource.
    Angela Dewan and Radina Gigova, CNN, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Hawaii lawmakers have sought to institute fees for tourists to help fund protection for the state's natural resources, but the measure has yet to pass.
    Ivana Saric, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And losing the social license will have dire consequences, as natural resource companies, such as Shell and BP, have learned in the past.
    François Candelon, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The program will address transparency in debt management and the natural resource sector, the IMF said.
    Matthew Hill, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Increasingly, whales were seen not as prey but as a natural resource to be mined; whalers talked about migrating sperm whales as veins running through the ocean, like gold.
    Amia Srinivasan, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The district figured out how to open areas meant for groups, such as swim ponds, natural resource programming, and play spaces.
    Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 29 Oct. 2020
  • The island's attractions include its natural resources and its location, as the U.S., Russia and other powers scramble for footholds in the Arctic.
    Dave Lawler, Axios, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Claimant states have the sole right to natural resources within that area under international maritime law.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024

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