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Natural resources are abundant in Kosovo. Kosovo is mainly rich in liginite and mineral resources such as: coal, zinc, lead, silver and chromium but also productive agricultural land.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eciks.org/english/invest.php?action=total_invest&main_id=12 )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/country_profiles/3524092.stm?oo=15144#facts )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/COUNTRIES/ECAEXT/KOSOVOEXTN/0,,contentMDK:22583353~pagePK:141137~piPK:141127~theSitePK:297770,00.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kpmg.com/AL/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Brochures/Documents/2011-Investment-in-Kosovo-web.pdf )〕 Kosovo is also rich in forests, rivers, mountains and soil; it is among the richest countries regarding natural resources in Europe, based on surface.〔 Kosovo is especially rich in coal, being aligned among European countries as the third with the largest coal reserves.〔 Kosovo possesses around 14,700 billion tons of lignite in reserves, which aligns Kosovo as the country with the fifth largest lignite reserves in the world.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.kosovo-mining.org/kosovoweb/en/mining/minerals.html )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://enrin.grida.no/htmls/kosovo/SoE/energy.htm )〕 It also has reserves of other minerals at an approximated value of 1 trillion dollars, reserves such as: aluminium, gold, lead, zinc, copper, bauxite, magnesium, etc.〔 Kosovo also possesses rich reserves of asbestos, chromium, limestone, marble and quartz. While the majority of Kosovo’s natural resources remain unused, its large reserves are a great potential for future development, as assessed by the World Bank. ==Natural resources through history== Natural resources in Kosovo were once the "backbone of industry". However, output is currently low due to insufficient investments in equipment. Among these natural resources that were previously important in the Kosovo economy were minerals and metals such as: lignite, aluminum, chrome, magnesium, nickel, lead, zinc, and several different construction materials.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://productsofkosovo.com/ )〕 Kosovo was historically a mining district for the former Yugoslavia. The industrial complex Trepça in Mitrovica "was the largest mining operation in the former Yugoslavia".〔〔 During the time of Yugoslavia, Kosovo possessed 50% of all of Yugoslavia’s nickel reserves, 36% of lignite, 48% of lead and zinc reserves, 47% of the magnesium reserves, and 32.4% of kaolinite reserves.〔 During this time, mining was Kosovo’s growth engine; however, the sector faced a decline from the 1990s.〔 Even prior to Yugoslavia, the region's natural resources were explored and extracted. During the reign of King Milutin (mid 14th century) the mine in Novo Brdo was considered the richest mine with silver in the Balkans, while the other two mines in Kosovo after Artana were Trepça and Janjevo.〔 During the mid 14th and 15th century, Artana was the heart of the local economy, it was known as the city of silver and gold. Due its enormous importance, it was also highly protected and was the last city to fall in the hands of the Ottomans during the invasion in the 15th century.〔 Data from 1931 to 1998 show that total production by the industrial complex Trepça during this time was: * Lead: 2,066,000 tons * Zinc: 1,371,000 tons * Silver: 2,569 tons * Bismuth: 4,115 tons * Cadmium (1968-1987) 1,655 tons. From 1922 up to 2004, cumulative exploitation of lignite reserves amounted to 265Mt.〔 However, from September 2005 to the latest data in 2007, Trepça only produced lead, zinc and copper at an average of 5,000 tons per month. Some published research claims that Trepça still has potential for production of 999,000 tons of lead, 670,000 tons of zinc, and 2,200 tons of silver.〔 Although mining of Kosovo’s most noted mineral resources such as lead, zinc and silver was an important part of its economy prior to 1999, active mining of lead, zinc and silver mines was halted at the start of the Serbian-Kosovo conflict.〔 Although these mines present a good opportunity for investment, their privatization has been difficult due to ownership issues.〔 Total natural resource rents in 2010, as calculated by the World Bank were 1.52% of GDP. Agriculture has also been an important sector of the economy in Kosovo due to its richness in agricultural land. It used to constitute 25% of the total output in Kosovo.〔 However, today, the use of agriculture land is fairly low in Kosovo. 53% of the total land in Kosovo is considered to be arable land.〔 The average farm is around 1.4 hectares.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natural resources of Kosovo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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