overexploitation

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Definition of overexploitation in English Turkish dictionary: çok fazla sömürmek-faydalanmak
excessive and damaging exploitation: aşırı ve zararlı istismar

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Definition of overexploitation in English English dictionary: Exploitation to the point of diminishing returns, overuse, overutilization, overutilisation [Brit]; The unsustainable exploitation of a potentially renewable natural resource (Freedman, B , 1989); excessive and damaging exploitation; The use or extraction of a resource to the point of depletion (or extinction) Biologically, it usually refers to over harvesting of a resource population to a level below the maximum needed for a sustainable yield (= level at which a population can, theoretically, continue to be optimally harvested over the long run); Exploitation of (removal of individuals or biomass from) a natural population at a rate greater than the population is able to match with its own recruitment, thus tending to drive the population towards extinction; exploitation to the point of diminishing returns; to make use of a natural resource beyond its capacity to regenerate

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