Pine resin has a huge economic potential as it has many commercial uses. Slowly extracted from barks of pine trees, the use of pine resin goes way back—from being used in the making of Noah’s Ark as a sealant, all the way to being used as medicine by the indigenous cultural group Purépecha. To this day, pine resin is used in preservatives, kosher ingredients, pharmaceuticals, and electronics, among others. Because of its sticky component, pine resin can also potentially pose a positive impact to the environment by being used as a substitute of petroleum, which is used in making adhesives such as shoe glue.