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Overexploitation
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What is overexploitation?
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The excessive use of a resource to the point of depletion or collapse.
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Overexploitation can occur when a species is harvested at a rate faster than it can reproduce, or when a habitat is destroyed or degraded to the point that it can no longer support the species.