Asia is the largest continent in the world by a considerable margin, and it is rich in natural resources, such as petroleum, forests, fish, water, rice, copper and silver.
In this context, rice, rubber, timber, kenaf, tapioca, sugar, copra, cattle, and fish are as much natural resources as tin, oil, bauxite, coal, and iron ore. The chapter presents broader connotation. Southeast Asia is a traditional producer and exporter of raw materials and of natural resources.
