CHORUS: Extractive occupation refers to all economic activities that involve obtaining raw materials directly from nature — the earth, water, or forest — without transforming them. Verse 1 Mining digs deep where the earth hides treasures below, minerals like crude oil, coal, and gold shaping industries that grow. Fishing pulls life from the rivers, lakes, and oceans wide, bringing food from the waters where the fresh currents glide. Lumbering taps the forests, cutting timber nature lets flow. Verse 2 Quarrying breaks stones and gravel from the ground’s solid face, granite, sand, and marble shaping structures all over the place. Hunting brings bush animals gathered from the wild terrain, supplying meat and products taken with skill and strain. Farming grows crops from the soil — raw harvests nature’s base.