Natural resources are the basic building blocks of a country. Natural resources come in many forms, and are just as equally important to the development of the country. Firstly, we have agriculture. Food grown through farming is important for development, as without food, the basic necessity to survival, people will be malnourished and unable to work. The forests are able to provide us with the materials for construction, furniture and paper, important resources used in our daily life. Mineral resources such as diamonds, coal, fossil fuels etc. are used to generate power, as well as selling them to other parts of the world. Renewable resources such as wind, solar, water are able to provide us with limitless energy, not forgetting the most basic form of survival and civilization (water), and the energy of all living things (solar power). Natural resources in excess, such as crops, timber, minerals etc. can be exported to other parts of the world to provide the country with a stable economy for development. Without one another, the development of the country would definitely be slowed down.