A series of solutions could be sought in: a good database, accessible for all, containing predetermined data and detailed indicators, clear targets and binding timetables for reducing environmental impact, measures and guidelines for switching to alternatives, increasing the productivity of resources (i.e. making more from less, for example by means of reuse and better technology), reducing the use of specific categories of resources, for example with the aid of a list of priorities, declaring the strategy applicable to all fields of policy which affect the use of natural resources, extending our strategy to include policy on agriculture ...[+++] and fisheries, focusing on the whole life-cycle of natural resources (from their origin to the disposal of waste), using funds to provide incentives and disincentives, helping developing countries, for example by sharing technology and know-how, focusing more on the use of solar, wind and water power as natural resources, giving consumers and producers good information and an active role in formulating this strategy, and pursuing an EU policy which encourages Member States to be more ambitious in their proposals relating to the sustainable use of natural resources and which certainly does not discourage them from doing so.

27. Considers that by 2030 the use of primary non-renewable resources in the EU must be reduced by a factor of 4, or the use of natural resources must be halved by 2030 while simultaneously increasing worldwide prosperity; notes that the following indicators can be used: TMR (Total Material Requirement) , DMI (Domestic Material Input ) and DMC (Direct Material Consumption ); notes that these indicators show what quantities of resources are used in an economy and that by dividing GDP by these indicators it is possible to measure the productivity of natural resource use;

4. Notes with regret that the Thematic Strategy on the sustainable use of natural resources (Thematic Strategy) fails to pursue the objectives of the European Community's 6th EAP; considers that the objectives of the 6th EAP relating to the sustainable use of natural resources will remain unattained unless the concerted actions presented in the Thematic Strategy are made more effective; considers that this applies particularly to the objective of ensuring that the use of natural resources and their impact do not exceed the carrying capacity of the environment;

31. Notes that the decoupling of economic growth and improvement of the efficiency of resource use is already regarded as a political objective in nine Member States (including Germany and Finland) and Japan; considers that relative decoupling is not sufficient, given that absolute consumption of natural resources remains too high; stresses therefore that a political programme relating to the sustainable use of natural resources should concentrate on decoupling of economic growth from the use of natural resources that brings about an absolute reduction both in the resources used and in the environmental impact of resource use;

13". services" and "natural resources services" mean the functions performed by a natural resource for the benefit of another natural resource or the public.

2a. The prohibition in paragraph 2 includes, but is not limited to, funds and economic resources used for the provision of Internet hosting and related services used for the support of ISIL (Da'esh), Al-Qaida and the natural or legal persons, entities, bodies or groups listed in Annex I; the payment of ransoms to them, regardless of how or by whom the ransom is paid; funds and economic resources provided in connection with the travel of such natural persons, including costs incurred with respect to their transportation and lodging; and funds and economic resources related to the direct or indirect trade in oil and refined oil products, modular refineries and related material including chemicals and lubricants, as well ...[+++] as other natural resources.