Examples of 'overexploited' in a sentence

Meaning of "overexploited"

overexploited (verb): An action of exploiting (using or benefiting from) something excessively or in an unsustainable manner. This term is used as a verb to describe the act of overusing resources for profit or gain
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  • simple past tense and past participle of overexploit

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The other four are overexploited or fully exploited.
Fisheries and other marine resources are being overexploited.
Tuna is overexploited at the expense of neighbouring countries.
So much of the production forest has been overexploited.
Bioenergy that is not overexploited is considered renewable.
A large part of commercial fish species are overexploited.
These include rebuilding overexploited or depleted fisheries.
The consequence is that groundwater has been overexploited.
An ecosystem overexploited by a varied and growing number of users.
Many of these species are overexploited in the basin.
Overexploited stocks are less productive and prone to collapse.
The bluefin tuna population is clearly overexploited.
It has been overexploited by local fishermen in much of its range.
It is prudent to consider them as being fully exploited or overexploited globally.
An aquifer which has been overexploited is said to be overdrafted or depleted.

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Freshwater resources are being depleted and fish stocks are overexploited.
The workers are overexploited and underpaid.
It has been heavily fished and is considered an overexploited resource.
The forest was overexploited for the needs of the forges.
Negative values indicate that populations were overexploited.
The species is probably overexploited globally with some areas being depleted.
The ocean is already severely overexploited.
It has been overexploited for its valuable wood and medicinal products.
Chinese workers do not accept being overexploited any longer.
One species may be overexploited in one area while stocks are abundant in another.
Other commercial species are also being overexploited.
Subsidies to overexploited stocks.
It is also sought after for its wood and has been overexploited.
Rehabilitation of stocks that are overexploited will not be achieved in a short period of time.
Many fisheries are already overexploited.
Farmers have overexploited forests for centuries through grazing and to make straw.
The inshore fishery is widely reported to be overexploited in some areas.
Forests are overexploited when they are logged at a rate faster than reforestation takes place.
Potable water is overexploited.
In overexploited fish eries they would have to be very much higher than this.
There is no question of him benefitting from overexploited or poorly paid farmers.
Stock overexploited compared to maximum sustainable yield but inside safe biological limits.
The landscape is overexploited.
The overexploited stocks produced lower yields than their biological and ecological potential.
Modern society is a sad state that produces a lot of overexploited livers.
It is possible for a structurally overexploited stock to benefit from a temporary improvement in its condition.
The largest sand eel and capelin stocks remain overexploited.
Overexploited Proportion of total water resources useda.
Ninety percent of global fish stocks are fully exploited or overexploited.
Fisheries are overexploited.
One possible explanation for this disappearance is that the whales were overexploited.
The flora of fragile alpine meadows has been overexploited for traditional medicine.
Forests can provide multiple benefits to society as long as they are not overexploited.
Overexploited forests on Ndzuani produce kitchen wood.
Sardines and anchovies range from underexploited to overexploited depending on the zone.

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