There are strong arguments in favour of special taxes where economic rents exist, as is usually the case with non-renewable resources.

ECONOMIST: Tax and smoke

He says this will create regional jobs, increase resource security, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources, increase material efficiency and prevent carbon emissions and industrial waste - all on a big scale.

BBC: Savings needed to meet future demand for resources

We should impose significant taxes on all uses of non-renewable natural resources, especially those in short supply.

ECONOMIST: Change of environment

Reliance on groundwater however is highly problematic as the exploitation of non-renewable groundwater resources and aquifers are irreversible and difficult to monitor.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN AMMAN

Those considered to be strategic sectors are the energy sector in all its forms, non-renewable natural resources, transport, hydrocarbons, mining, bio-diversity, water and other sectors that the law may determine.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Chavez��s repression continues

More than any other Latin American country, the tax system has become dependent on resources derived from the exploitation of its non-renewable commodities.10 Chavez' tax reforms have furthered this dependency.

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