- Overexploitation, also
called overharvesting or
ecological overshoot,
refers to
harvesting a
renewable resource to the
point of
diminishing returns. Continued...
- po****tion of
eastern oysters collapsed in the 1980s due to
pollution and
overharvesting, but has
slowly rebounded, and the 2022–2023
season saw the largest...
-
introduction of
invasive species,
unsustainable logging, land
clearing and
overharvesting of
medicinal or
ornamental plants. Further,
climate change is starting...
- countries,
where horned sea
stars are
collected for sea s**** trade,
overharvesting has a
severe impact on the po****tion of the echinoderms. A related...
- "seed"
method uses
grains of
ground s**** from
freshwater mussels, and
overharvesting for this
purpose has
endangered several freshwater mussel species in...
-
biodiversity maintenance in
parts of its
native range are
threatened by
overharvesting due to poor or
absent conservation planning and by the species' low...
- spikenard, nard, nardin, or muskroot. It is
considered endangered due to
overharvesting for folk medicine, overgrazing, loss of habitats, and
forest degradation...
- resource. This led to
heightened local competition and
eventually an
overharvest of the tree.
Nearly all of the
sandalwood resources were
depleted over...
-
provide a
habitat for
small fish and crabs.
Oysters are
imperiled by
overharvesting because young oysters need
older oysters to
latch on to as they age...
-
conservation programs.
Humans can
cause extinction of a
species through overharvesting, pollution,
habitat destruction,
introduction of
invasive species (such...
