Some people argue that the primary purpose of natural resources, such as forests and rivers, is to support human development and economic growth. Others believe that it is essential to protect the natural environment and its wildlife, even if it restricts human activity and progress. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

1Whether natural resources should be used for the development or be protected has been a 2debated topic,debating question, This essay delves into the opposite views, providing my own opinion that we should protect the environment and we can not overuse the natural resources. There are many 3benefitssome of protecting the environment . First of all, 4the environment is the basisenvironment is the base of human lives which can not be recovered 5easilyesaily 6once destroyedonce been destroyed. For example, 7the Chinese people used toChinese used to focus on economy too much and they established a huge number of highly polluting industries such as iron industries. Although they achieve great development in economy, 8the cost ofcosting of environmental pollution is enormous. The air 9qualitycondition in Beijing city became bad and it was severely affected by smog. Nowadays Chinese government pays more attention to protect the environment and 10stopped developingstop to develop polluting 11industries. Thisindustries, This 12strategy has madestrategy make Beijing a suitable place to live again. In addition, good environment can be attractive for the tourist. For example, New Zealand government 13refusesrefuse to develop their natural resources and many 14touriststourist from other countries are attracted by its natural landscape. The tourism in this country 15contributes greatly tocontribute a lot about its economy and improves local people's life standard. Meanwhile, using natural resources can benefit 16economy. For example,economy.17For example China which became the second-largest economy by these polluting industries. However, once the environment 18isare polluted it will be hard to recover. To sum up, I hold the viewpoint that we should protect environment 19which is the basis ofwhich is base of human lives and good for the tourism. Meanwhile using natural resources can be good for developing economy but it will destroy environment which 20can hardly be recoveredcan be hardly to recover.