natural resource, n.All

The Natural resource is often taken to be a thing, but the greatest undeveloped resources of any nation is its people.

Natural resource is, as a term, a confusing misnomer because they are not like a finite number of gifts under the christmas tree. Nature is given, but resources are created.

Sand is a finite natural resource. It takes centuries to form.

Water is actually rather scarce --- Less than 3% of the water on Earth is fresh

Coffee is resource intensive --- it takes about 140 liters of water to grow the beans for a single cup of coffee