ECOLOGY
BIODIVERSITY AND ITS CONSERVATION
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Economy
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Poaching
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Overexploitation
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Exploitation
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Detailed explanation-1: -Definition of Overexploitation: Overexploitation or overfishing is the removal of marine living resources to levels that are too low for sustaining viable populations. Ultimately, overexploitation can lead to resource depletion and put a number of threatened and endangered species at risk of extinction.
Detailed explanation-2: -overexploited; overexploiting. transitive verb. : to exploit (something, such as a natural resource) to an excessive degree. More than half of the fish stocks in the region are being overexploited.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples include the over-harvesting of fish and timber that degrades fisheries and forests10, and non-sustainable agriculture and land-use that make future land-use less effective33, 34.