natural resource

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The prime minister said the fund will invest - along with the private sector - into what his government has described as "nation-building projects" like port upgrades and natural resource development.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

“We’re integrated in the global economy like everyone else is,” said Brett Watson, associate professor of applied and natural resource economics at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Beijing is also targeting the lunar South Pole, not least for its rich natural resource potential.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

And in 2009, the new constitution even recognized “ancestral coca as cultural patrimony, a renewable natural resource of Bolivia’s biodiversity, and as a factor of social cohesion.”

From Salon • Mar. 9, 2025

His project focused on solving environment problems, notably waste, by using a natural resource: earthworms.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel