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1、AComparativeStudyontheconservationofnaturalresourcesbetweenTheUnitedStatesandChinaNaturalresourcesplayakeyroleinacountry’ssurvivinganddevelopment,therefore,theconservationofnaturalresourcesisofgreatimportance.Nowadays,China,asthebiggestdevelopingcountries
2、,arefacingtheshortageofsomenaturalresourceswhichisbroughtbytheover-exploitationandrandomexploitation.Similarly,TheUnitedStates,asthebiggestdevelopedcountries,hasfacedtheshortageofsomenaturalresources,butwitheffectivemeasures,UShasmadeconsiderableprogress.
3、Therefore,throughthecomparativestudyonthenaturalresourcesbetweenUSandChina,Iwanttoraisepeople'sconsciousnessontheconservationofnaturalresourcesandgetsomeadvancedexperienceontheconservationofnaturalresources.Similarities:First,bothUSandChinaarerichinnatura
4、lresources,fortheyhavecomplicatedlandformsanddiversetypesofclimate.UShasvariousnaturalresources:coal,copper,lead,molybdenum,andsoon.Inparticular,ithastheworld'slargestcoalreserveswith491billionshorttons,accountingfor27%oftheworld'stotal.AstoChina,ithassub
5、stantialmineralreservesandistheworld’slargestproducerofantimony,naturalgraphite,tungsten,andzinc.Othermajormineralsarealuminum,bauxite,coal,crudepetroleum,diamonds,goldandsoon.Withitsvastmountainranges,China’shydropowerpotentialisthelargestintheworld.Seco
6、nd,bothUSandChinahavetakenmeasurestoconservethenaturalreserves,likecreatingnaturereserves,establishinglawstolimittheuseofthenaturalresources.Forexample,UnitedStatesForestService,TheForestServicewasestablishedin1905andisanagencyoftheU.S.DepartmentofAgricul
7、ture.TheForestServicemanagespubliclandsinnationalforestsandgrasslands,whichencompass193millionacres.Difference:SincetherearegapsbetweenthelevelofdevelopmentofChinaandTheUS,thereisstilldisparitybetweentheirtwomeasuresofconservingnaturalresources.Withthedev
8、elopmentofscienceandtechnology,TheUShastheadvantageofmakingfulluseofthenaturalresourcesandexploitingmorecleanenergy.Inaddition,Eachdepartment’sfunctionisarrangedcarefully,likethemineralsmanagementservice,Bureauoflan
