Editing Natural resource (section)

==Management==
{{Main|Natural resource management|United Nations Resource Management System}}

Natural resource management is a discipline in the management of natural resources such as land, [[water]], [[soil]], [[plant]]s, and [[animal]]s—with a particular focus on how management affects [[quality of life]] for present and future generations. Hence, sustainable development is followed according to the judicious use of resources to supply present and future generations.  The disciplines of fisheries, forestry, and wildlife are examples of large subdisciplines of natural resource management.

Management of natural resources involves identifying who has the right to use the resources and who does not to define the management boundaries of the resource.<ref name="Kommers and Mackie">{{cite web |title=Ostrom E cited in Kommers N and Mackie P 2005 Journalist guide to world resources 2005 World Resources Institute 1-30 |url=http://pdf.wri.org/worldresources_2005_journalist_guide.pdf |publisher=Pdf.wri.org |access-date=2011-09-22 |archive-date=2011-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111125125144/http://pdf.wri.org/worldresources_2005_journalist_guide.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> The resources may be managed by the users according to the rules governing when and how the resource is used depending on local condition<ref name="Managing Ecosystem">{{cite web|title=UNDP, UNEP, The World Bank and World Resources Institute – The Wealth of the Poor: Managing Ecosystems to Fight Poverty Institute 2005 Chapter 3 The board's role in governance, World Resources 2005 |url=http://www.sc.com.my/eng/html/cg/cg2011/pdf/chapter3.pdf |publisher=Sc.com.my |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725052556/http://www.sc.com.my/eng/html/cg/cg2011/pdf/chapter3.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-25 }}</ref> or the resources may be managed by a governmental organization or other central authority.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Conroy, Michael J.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/827207638|title=Decision Making in Natural Resource Management: a Structured, Adaptive Approach.|date=2012|publisher=Wiley|others=Peterson, James T.|isbn=978-1-118-50623-3|location=Chicester|oclc=827207638}}</ref>

A "...successful management of natural resources depends on freedom of speech, a dynamic and wide-ranging public debate through multiple independent media channels and an active civil society engaged in natural resource issues..."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320656629|title=Public Brainpower: Civil Society and Natural Resource Management|last=Overland|first=Indra|chapter=Introduction: Civil Society, Public Debate and Natural Resource Management|date=2018-01-01|pages=1–22|doi=10.1007/978-3-319-60627-9_1|isbn=9783319606262|access-date=2018-04-05|archive-date=2018-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140013/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320656629|url-status=live}}</ref> because of the nature of the shared resources, the individuals who are affected by the rules can participate in setting or changing them.<ref name="Kommers and Mackie"/> The users have rights to devise their own management institutions and plans under the recognition by the government. The right to resources includes land, water, fisheries, and pastoral rights.<ref name="Managing Ecosystem"/> The users or parties accountable to the users have to actively monitor and ensure the utilisation of the resource compliance with the rules and impose penalties on those people who violate the rules.<ref name="Kommers and Mackie"/> These conflicts are resolved quickly and efficiently by the local institution according to the seriousness and context of the offense.<ref name="Managing Ecosystem"/> The global science-based platform to discuss natural resources management is the [[World Resources Forum]], based in Switzerland.