NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Miller and Spoolman ( 2009:G5) defined Environmental Degradation as [d]epletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest, or wildlife that is used faster than it is naturally replenished. If such use continues, the resource becomes non-renewable or non-existent.

Detailed explanation-2: -1. Depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as soil, grassland, forest, or wildlife by using it at a faster rate than it is naturally replenished. If such use continues, the resource can become nonrenewable on a human time scale or nonexistent (extinct).

Detailed explanation-3: -Depletion or destruction of a potentially renewable resource such as air, water, soil, forest, or wildlife, by using it at a rate faster than it can be naturally renewed. See also sustainable yield.

Detailed explanation-4: -Examples of resource depletion include deforestation, soil degradation, and overfishing. Deforestation is when we cut down trees faster than they can grow back. This happens because of logging and land clearing for agriculture, ranching, mining, and oil prospecting.