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

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	Natural resources (2002)	Natural resources (2001)
Australia	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, gold, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum	bauxite, coal, iron ore, copper, tin, silver, uranium, nickel, tungsten, mineral sands, lead, zinc, diamonds, natural gas, petroleum
Belarus	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas, granite, dolomitic limestone, marl, chalk, sand, gravel, clay	forests, peat deposits, small quantities of oil and natural gas
Cape Verde	salt, basalt rock, limestone, kaolin, fish	salt, basalt rock, pozzuolana (a siliceous volcanic ash used to produce hydraulic cement), limestone, kaolin, fish
Christmas Island	phosphate, beaches	phosphate
East Timor	gold, petroleum, natural gas, manganese, marble	-
Estonia	oil shale, peat, phosphorite, clay, limestone, sand, dolomite, arable land, sea mud	shale oil (kukersite), peat, phosphorite, amber, cambrian blue clay, limestone, dolomite, arable land
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	fish	none
Israel	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand	timber, potash, copper ore, natural gas, phosphate rock, magnesium bromide, clays, sand, oil
Latvia	peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, wood, arable land, minimal; amber	minimal; amber, peat, limestone, dolomite, hydropower, arable land
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	coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals	phosphate deposits, marine products, deep seabed minerals
Mauritania	iron ore, gypsum, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold, oil; fish	iron ore, gypsum, fish, copper, phosphate, diamonds, gold
Moldova	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land, limestone	lignite, phosphorites, gypsum, arable land
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, fish	phosphates
Peru	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower, natural gas	copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal, phosphate, potash, hydropower
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, hydropower	fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore, marble, arable land, hydro power
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, forests	lignite coal, lead, zinc, mercury, uranium, silver, hydropower
Somalia	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt, natural gas, likely oil reserves	uranium and largely unexploited reserves of iron ore, tin, gypsum, bauxite, copper, salt
World	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	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
Yugoslavia	-	oil, gas, coal, antimony, copper, lead, zinc, nickel, gold, pyrite, chrome, hydropower, arable land