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Nature is an inevitable source on earth; it may refer to the various types of living plants and animals and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects. Natural resources include land, forests, wildlife resources, fisheries, water resources, energy resources, marine resources, and mineral resources. The way that these particular types of things exist and serve the humankind for better lifestyle is fairly noticeable. Forests provide us variety of services and nurture the mankind with its incomparable facilities and functions such as maintaining oxygen levels in the atmosphere, removal of carbon dioxide, control over water regimes, and slowing down erosion and also produce products such as food, fuel, timber, fodder, medicinal plants, etc. Marine fishes are an important protein food and contain significant medicinal value. There are several principles that each of us can adopt to bring about sustainable lifestyles. This primarily comes from caring for our Mother Nature and its resources in all respects. Regard for the nature is the greatest sentiment that helps bring about a feeling of protecting and conserving the natural resources, looking at how we use natural resources in a new and sensitive way. Through this book, we are going to explore the richness of nature, its kindness towards human race and purpose for the whole world.
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Jain, P., Pandey, R., Shukla, S.S. (2015). Introduction. In: Inflammation: Natural Resources and Its Applications. SpringerBriefs in Immunology. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2163-0_1
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