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.
The answer is Climate change. It will take decades for the
coral reef to recover from the catastrophic climatic changes including El Nino
in 1997-98. Climate Change is the main and undeniable threats to the loss of
the corals. It has negative effects on coral populations in some ways. This
includes the Color Bleaching, Coral Disease, and Ocean Acidification.