I think they're planning on utilising it! Part of the game's description is something about how all of nature's resources is at your fingertips to take for yourself and ravage... actually, just checked the page lol:
Venture on expeditions to search for new materials and be sure to put everything to good use. Nature is yours to harvest!
Close enough to what I thought it said, hahaha.
It's still in early access and there are a few things you come across that are clearly marked as Work In Progresses and whatnot, and it really is a good, fun game. I just hope the devs keep making games that look as amazing as this and perhaps one of them will be an adventure RPG.
It's developed by the same guys who made Goat Simulator, haha! xD So, who knows.