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Descriptor English: Natural Resources
Descriptor Spanish: Recursos Naturales
Descriptor recursos naturales
Entry term(s) recursos naturales (salud ambiental)
Scope note: Materiales o sustancias tales como tierra, madera, agua dulce, combustibles fósiles, o depósitos minerales que se producen en un estado natural y que tienen un valor económico o utilidad para los seres humanos (MeSH/NLM). Conjunto de minerales y elementos bióticos de la tierra, así como las diversas formas de energía que existen en estado natural (energía solar) o fuerzas ambientales que no dependen del hombre (vientos, mareas) considerados como bienes potencialmente valorables para el hombre. Los recursos naturales pueden ser: renovables mediante la reproducción (organismos vivos) o mediante ciclos biogeoquímicos (agua, nitrógeno); no renovables (petróleo); permanentes (energía solar). (Traducción libre de : Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990)
Descriptor Portuguese: Recursos Naturais
Descriptor French: Ressources naturelles
Entry term(s): Land Supplies
Land Supply
Natural Resource
Resource, Natural
Resources, Natural
Supplies, Land
Supply, Land
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.553
J01.728
N06.230.350
SP4.606.837
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000067936
Scope note: Materials or substances such as land, timber, fresh water, fossil fuels, or mineral deposits that occur in a natural state and have economic value or usefulness to humans.
Annotation: coordinate with specific natural resource if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: SD supply & distribution
Public MeSH Note: 2016; see CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1991-2015; for LAND SUPPLY see AGRICULTURE 1978-2015
History Note: 2016; use CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES 1991-2015; for LAND SUPPLY use AGRICULTURE 1978-2015
Related: Conservation of Natural Resources MeSH
Marine Conservation Area DeCS
Natural Reservations DeCS
Natural Resources Exploitation DeCS
Natural Resources Management DeCS
DeCS ID: 32460
Unique ID: D000067936
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Date Established: 2016/01/01
Date of Entry: 2015/07/09
Revision Date: 2015/07/07
Natural Resources - Preferred
Concept UI M0005037
Scope note Materials or substances such as land, timber, fresh water, fossil fuels, or mineral deposits that occur in a natural state and have economic value or usefulness to humans.
Preferred term Natural Resources
Entry term(s) Natural Resource
Resource, Natural
Resources, Natural
Land Supply - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0000585
Scope note The amount of land available for use or development.
Preferred term Land Supply
Entry term(s) Land Supplies
Supplies, Land
Supply, Land



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