eum
Nigeria:
natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal,
limestone, lead, zinc, arable land
Niue:
fish, arable land
Norfolk Island:
fish
Northern Mariana Islands:
arable land, fish
Norway:
petroleum, copper, natural gas, pyrites, nickel, iron ore,
zinc, lead, fish, timber, hydropower
Oman:
petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium,
gypsum, natural gas
Pacific Ocean:
oil and gas fields, polymetallic nodules, sand and
gravel aggregates, placer deposits, fish
Pakistan:
land, extensive natural gas reserves, limited petroleum,
poor quality coal, iron ore, copper, salt, limestone
Palau:
forests, minerals (especially gold), marine products,
deep-seabed minerals
Palmyra Atoll:
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife
Panama:
copper, mahogany forests, shrimp, hydropower
Papua New Guinea:
gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil,
fisheries
Paracel Islands:
none
Paraguay:
hydropower, timber, iron ore, manganese, limestone
Peru:
copper, silver, gold, petroleum, timber, fish, iron ore, coal,
phosphate, potash, hydropower
Philippines:
timber, petroleum, nickel, cobalt, silver, gold, salt,
copper
Pitcairn Islands:
miro trees (used for handicrafts), fish
note: manganese, iron, copper, gold, silver, and zinc have been
discovered offshore
Poland:
coal, sulfur, copper, natural gas, silver, lead, salt,
arable land
Portugal:
fish, forests (cork), tungsten, iron ore, uranium ore,
marble, arable land, hydro power
Puerto Rico:
some copper and nickel; potential for onshore and
offshore oil
Qatar:
petroleum, natural gas, fish
Reunion:
fish, arable land, hydropower
Romania:
petroleum (reserves declining), timber, natural gas, coal,
iron ore, salt, arable land, hydropower
Russia:
wide natural resource base including major deposits of oil,
natural gas, coal, and many strategic minerals, timber
note: formidable obstacles of climate, terrain, and distance hinder
exploitation of natural resources
Rwanda:
gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore),
methane, hydropower, arable land
Saint Helena:
fish
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
arable land
Saint Lucia:
forests, sandy beaches, minerals (pumice), mineral
springs, geothermal potential
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
fish, deepwater ports
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
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