Natural resources are the resources that are present in environment for the use of human. There are many ways in which the human activity is negatively affecting the natural resources. Among other activities, three activities are:
1 Deforestation : Cutting down of trees in large numbers leads to deforestation. Trees are of great importance in terms of oxygen, medicine, wood and other products. Human interventions is leading to destruction of natural resources. Trees are cut in large numbers for the sake of these products from it and the rate at which the deforestation is increasing, it will lead to some serious issues in future.
2 Water Pollution : Water is a vital substance for the life of organisms. Human interventions are polluting the water at a very high rate.The aquatic life is hampered by water pollution. The percentage of water available for human consumption is decreasing due to wastage and pollution of water.
3 Over consumption of coal and petroleum: The coal and petroleum are consumed by the humans in such a way that there are possibilities that the future generation might not see it. The over consumption of fossils fuels is a very serious problem caused by human activity.
