Encyclopedia of Global Resources part 53 provides a wide variety of perspectives on both traditional and more recent views of Earth's resources. It serves as a bridge connecting the domains of resource exploitation, environmentalism, geology, and biology, and it explains their interrelationships in terms that students and other nonspecialists can understand. The articles in this set are extremely diverse, with articles covering soil, fisheries, forests, aluminum, the Industrial Revolution, the . Department of the Interior, the hydrologic cycle, glass, and placer mineral deposits. . | 468 France Global Resources France Resources at a Glance Official name French Republic Government Republic Capital city Paris Area 248 447 mi2 643 427 km2 Population 2009 est. 64 057 792 Language French Monetary unit euro EUR Economic summary GDP composition by sector 2008 est. agriculture 2 industry services Natural resources metropolitan France coal iron ore bauxite zinc uranium antimony arsenic potash feldspar fluorspar gypsum timber fish timber products Land use arable land permanent crops other Industries machinery chemicals automobiles metallurgy aircraft electronics textiles food processing tourism Agricultural products wheat cereals sugar beets potatoes wine grapes beef dairy products fish Exports 2008 est. billion Commodities exported machinery and transportation equipment aircraft plastics chemicals pharmaceutical products iron and steel beverages Imports 2008 est. 692 billion Commodities imported machinery and equipment vehicles crude oil aircraft plastics chemicals Labor force 2008 est. million Labor force by occupation 2005 agriculture industry services Energy resources Electricity production 2007 est. 570 billion kWh Electricity consumption 2007 est. 480 billion kWh Electricity exports 2007 billion kWh Electricity imports 2007 billion kWh Natural gas production 2007 est. 953 million m3 Natural gas consumption 2007 est. billion m3 Natural gas exports 2007 est. 966 million m3 Natural gas imports 2007 est. billion m3 Natural gas proved reserves Jan. 2008 est. billion m3 Oil production 2007 71 400 bbl day Oil imports 2005 million bbl day Oil proved reserves Jan. 2008 est. 122 million bbl Source Data from The World Factbook 2009. Washington . Central Intelligence Agency 2009. Notes Data are the most recent tracked by the CIA. Values are given in . dollars. Abbreviations bbl day barrels per day GDP gross domestic product km2 square kilometers kWh kilowatt-hours m3 .
