Conservationists argue against the exploitation of natural resources as if:

A. they can provide an inexhaustible supply of material.

B. it has already been depleted.

C. effective businesses can produce all the natural resources.

D. it is illegal to use them without buying them.

The correct answer is A. they can provide an inexhaustible supply of material.

Explanation:

With regard to renewable natural resources, priorities must be oriented to maintain the productive base through their management, which implies using them with practices that prevent deterioration and regenerate those that are degraded.

This is what we know as exploitation: the use of natural assets in an irresponsible and excessive way, that is now leading us to deforestation, the extinction of animal species, the scarcity of drinking water etc.