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  2. Natural resources of India - Wikipedia

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    Natural resources of India. The total cultivable area in India was reported as 155,369,076 hectares [1] (52.3% of its total land area) [2] as of 2020, and is shrinking due to over-farming, increased livestock grazing, deforestation, urban growth, and severe weather events. [3][4] India has a total water surface area of 314,070 km 2.

  3. Asia–Pacific - Wikipedia

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    The AsiaPacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean. The region's precise boundaries vary depending on context, but countries and territories in Australasia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia are often included. In a wider context, Central Asia, North Asia, the Pacific Islands, South Asia, West Asia (including ...

  4. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation - Wikipedia

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    www.apec.org. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC / ˈeɪpɛk / AY-pek[1]) is an inter-governmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim that promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. [2] Following the success of ASEAN 's series of post-ministerial conferences launched in the mid-1980s, [3] APEC started in 1989, [4 ...

  5. Bamboo - Wikipedia

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    In South and South East Asia, traditional uses of bamboo the instrument include various types of woodwind instruments, such as flutes, and devices like xylophones and organs, which require resonating sections. In some traditional instruments bamboo is the primary material, while others combine bamboo with other materials such as wood and leather.

  6. Jute - Wikipedia

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    Jute fibers, composed primarily of cellulose and lignin, are collected from bast (the phloem of the plant, sometimes called the "skin") of plants like kenaf, industrial hemp, flax (linen), and ramie. The industrial term for jute fiber is raw jute. The fibers are off-white to brown and range from 1–4 meters (3.3–13.1 ft) long.

  7. List of commodities exchanges - Wikipedia

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    Most commodity markets around the world trade in agricultural products and other raw materials (like wheat, barley, sugar, maize, cotton, cocoa, coffee, milk products, pork bellies, oil, and metals). Trading includes various types of derivatives contracts based on these commodities, such as forwards , futures and options , as well as spot ...

  8. European colonisation of Southeast Asia - Wikipedia

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    Extensive use of machines to manufacture goods would increase European demand for raw materials on the one hand and lead to the accumulation of surplus goods on the other. Mutual economic dependence had become real by the 19th century, as Southeast Asia was now an integral provider of material and resources for the European economies.

  9. Global North and Global South - Wikipedia

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    More specifically, the Global North consists of the world's developed countries, whereas the Global South consists of the world's developing countries and least developed countries. [3][5] The Global South classification, as used by governmental and developmental organizations, was first introduced as a more open and value-free alternative to ...