ABSTRACT

                               It is this harnessing of the natural world that transforms natural materials into natural resources, that is, into an asset that can be used to produce goods and services that meets human needs and wants. That is not say, of course, that natural materials are only valuable because if they are used or valued by humans. The natural world has an intrinsic value that was imbued by its creator. But such materials only have value as a resource because of human creativity.

Key words:  Human, factors, natural world