Why should we protect rocks and mineral resources?

We need to protect rocks, because rocks are an important source of tools for early humans and are of great significance in human evolution. Therefore, the first period of human civilization is called the Stone Age. Rock has always been an important material and tool for human life and production.

Mineral resources should be protected because: mineral resources are formed by geological mineralization, naturally occurring in the crust or the surface, buried underground or exposed on the surface, in solid, liquid or gaseous state. It is a collection of minerals or useful elements with development and utilization value. Mineral resources are non-renewable resources with limited reserves.

Mineral resources are important natural resources, not a gift from God, but formed by geological changes over millions or even hundreds of millions of years. They are an important material basis for social production and development, and people's production and life in modern society cannot be separated from mineral resources.

Extended data:

The State Council has issued a series of documents, which comprehensively deployed the development and utilization of mineral resources from the aspects of geological exploration, mineral development, resource conservation, circular economy, environmental protection, land management, safe production, development and utilization of overseas resources, and development of coal industry. To promote comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development, we must strengthen the rational utilization, protection and management of mineral resources.

The protection methods of mineral resources are:

1, rationally develop and utilize mineral resources, optimize resource allocation and realize optimal depletion of mineral resources;

2. Restrict or prohibit unreasonable indiscriminate mining and excavation to prevent the loss, waste or destruction of mineral resources;

3. Control the development and utilization of mineral resources in the whole process to minimize the environmental cost;

4. Protect the ecological environment of the mining area and prevent the mine from becoming barren at the end of its life.

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