Read Aloud the Text Content

This audio was created by Woord's Text to Speech service by content creators from all around the world.

Text Content or SSML code:

Natural resources are materials from the Earth that are used to support life and meet people's needs. Any natural substance that humans use can be considered a natural resource. This include both living and non-livings in the environment needed and utilized by man, such as air, water, soil, minerals, coal, petroleum, plants, and animals. This also include the country’s natural resources or the types of natural resources Water resources. the Philippines boasts of many different kinds of natural water forms, such as bays, rivers, lakes, falls, gulfs, straits, and swamps with bountiful water products. Most of the country’s water forms are noteworthy for tourist attraction, source of water for domestic and irrigation system, generating power for nation’s growth, and home for various endemic flora and fauna, like the Tawilis fish (Sardinella tawilis) found only in Taal Lake and the Sinarapan fish (Mistichthys luzonenis), the smallest commercial fish in the world, found only in Buhi and Bato Lakes. So yung mga taga buhi and bato dyan, for sure they’re familiar with sinarapan fish, the smallest fish in the world. Here in the Philippines, there are three largest rivers, the Cagayan river in northern Luzon, the rio grande de Mindanao, and the agusan river also in Mindanao. Second is the Land resources. The Philippines’ primary source of livelihood, being an agricultural economy, is its fertile land. Rich, wide plains suitable for farming are found in the Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Southwestern Bicol, Panay, Negros, Davao, Cotabato, Agusan, and Bukidnon. The country’s major agricultural crops are rice, corn, coconut, sugar cane, banana, pineapple, coffee, mango, tobacco and abaca. Most of these major products are exported, except rice and corn which are continued to imported to meet the demand of the growing population. The third one is the Mineral Resources. nickel ranks first in terms of deposits and size found in surigao del norte, davao, Palawan, romblon, and in samar. The iron is found in ilocos norte, nueva ecija, camarines norte, and cotabato. Copper in zambales, batangas. Mindoro, panay, and negros. Among the non-metal deposits, the most abundant are the cement, lime, and marble. The fourth one is the Natural resources. Renewable energy is those from renewable sources such as geothermal, wind, tide, wave, ocean, thermal, and photovoltaic solar and hydroelectric systems. Geothermal energy is available as heat emitted from within the earth’s crust, usually in the forms of hot water or steam exploited for electricity generation. Hydroelectric energy refers to the energy content of the electricity consumed from hydroelectric power plants, which convert the potential and kinetic energy of water into electricity. Wind energy refers to the wind power from the kinetic energy of wind in wind turbines to generate electrical power. Solar energy refers to energy derived from solar radiation which can be converted into useful thermal or electrical energy. Fossil fuels include crude oil and natural gas liquids (including motor and aviation gasoline, kerosene, diesel oil, and petrochemical feedstocks), coal and coal products (peat and coke), and natural gases. Alternative fuels are substantially non-petroleum, which is consumed to provide energy to power an engine and yield energy security and environmental benefits. Energy resources here in the country are those renewable energy ( geothermal energy, hydroelectric energy, wind energy, solar energy), fossil fuels (oil, natural gas, coal), and alternative fuels (biofuels, compressed natural gas, auto gas, hydrogen). And the last type of natural resources is the forest resources. Philippine forest is regarded as an important resource for development in the country. It is also home to wide range of flora and fauna, particularly to most endemic species. It provides raw materials for forest-based industries and furnishes the people and the economy of the country with recreation areas, eco-tourism sites and a host of other benefits. As a result of the government’s conservation policy, the Philippines is now a net importer of wood products, previously having an export-oriented sector for many years.