<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">natural resources</topic></authority><related type="narrower"><topic>water resources</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>resources concepts</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>national resources</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>natural resource</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>recursoa naturales</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>resources, natural</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Commodities or assets with some economic value that exist without any effort of mankind. Natural resources can be of three types. The first is non-renewable, like oil and coal, stocks of which will eventually run out . The second is renewable, like water and fish, which are reproducible. The third is non-expendable: it is not used up in the consumption process. An example is a landscape of outstanding beauty, which yields utility for those that see it, and tourist income for the owner. ]]></note></mads>