Compare Natural resources (2001) - Natural resources (2002)

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	Natural resources (2001)	Natural resources (2002)
Australia	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Belarus	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay
Cape Verde	salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish	salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish
Christmas Island	phosphate	phosphate, beaches
East Timor	-	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble
Estonia	shale oil (kukersite), peat, phosphorite, amber, cambrian blue clay, limestone, dolomite, arable land	oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	none	fish
Israel	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand
Latvia	minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, arable land	peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, wood, arable land, minimal; amber
Mali	gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited	gold, phosphates, kaolin, salt, limestone, uranium, hydropower note: bauxite, iron ore, manganese, tin, and copper deposits are known but not exploited
Marshall Islands	phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals	coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals
Mauritania	iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold	iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil; fish
Moldova	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone
Namibia	diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore	diamonds, copper, uranium, gold, lead, tin, lithium, cadmium, zinc, salt, vanadium, natural gas, hydropower, fish note: suspected deposits of oil, coal, and iron ore
Nauru	phosphates	phosphates, fish
Peru	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas
Pitcairn Islands	miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore	miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been discovered offshore
Portugal	fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydro power	fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydropower
Russia	wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources	wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil, natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder exploitation of natural resources
Serbia and Montenegro	-	oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land
Slovenia	lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower	lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower, forests
Somalia	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves
World	the rapid using up of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address	the rapid depletion of nonrenewable mineral resources, the depletion of forest areas and wetlands, the extinction of animal and plant species, and the deterioration in air and water quality (especially in Eastern Europe, the former USSR, and China) pose serious long-term problems that governments and peoples are only beginning to address
Yugoslavia	oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land	-