Mining properties, oil and GAS reserves, and tracts of standing timber are leading examples of natural resources.

矿场、石油或天然气储备和林区是自然资源的典型例子。

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Inadequate appropriations make it impossible for the Division of Forestry to protect the reserves from forest fires and from depredation of timber thieves, but a start had been made.

拨款不足使林业管理局难以防止森林保护区遭遇火灾和木材盗贼的劫掠，但保护行动毕竟已开始。

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And several jealous Western governments and companies want to stall China's advance into the Congo basin, with its vast reserves of minerals and timber.

ECONOMIST: Hope and peril for the Great Lakes

When America first created forest reserves, more than a century ago, its goal was to create a sustainable supply of timber as well as to protect the woods and the fresh water reserves within them.

ECONOMIST: Managing the West��s forests