NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL

Human being are degrading their natural environment. The global environment crisis  is the result of three major factors, are: (1) rapid population increase;  (2) excessive consumption of resources, and (3) pollution.  Conservation is state of harmony between man and the environment.  They include the following:  Preservation , preserving resources from human destruction; restoration ,  repairing the damage, so that the original value  and productivity of the resource can be restored;  beneficiation or upgrading a resource , upgrading of any natural resource such as forest, farmland or fishery;  substitution , the replacement of a scarce resource with one that is more abundant;  maximization , refer to the reduction of waste by the most efficient use of a resource that is possible;  reusing ad recycling , the use and reuse of sewage -contaminated river water throughout urban area;  integration ,  the determination of  how to maximal value of such a complex of interrelated and interacting resources for society. Our complex and varied of natural environment are dynamic and organic hole.  Humans cannot degrade one part of the environment without at the same time harming other parts as well. A literature study of natural resources conservation with an ecological approach will discuss  natural resources problem and management in Indonesia. This paper want to explain how to manage natural resources wisely and environmentally friendly. It is related to the vision of sustainable development goal: ‘Eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world’, by participation of government, civil society organizations, philantrophy and business society, academics and experts.