Today, in the era of high technology, advanced manufacturing, communications and accessible information, natural resources do not play a paramount importance, as it was in the beginning of the last century. Indeed, one can find many examples of resource-rich countries, which remain on the margins of the global economy. Nevertheless, one cannot say with absolute certainty that in the modern world the value of natural resources is reduced, because some of them are the main factors of human development, such as land and water. Fresh water is an indispensable resource necessary for the development of agriculture and industry.
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