A thing has to be valuable and controllable and governable to the subject to be property. Natural, nonpossessable, hardtreatable and holistic, natural resources are improper to be or be regarded as property. An emphasis of the nonproperty character of natural resources will pave the way for establishing scientific values, realizing multielement value, enhancing the completion of a legal system of natural resources to overcome the ecological and resources crisis facing human society.

natural resources; value of property; ecological protection