Economic development in the age of industrialization has been achieved at the cost of severe overexploitation of natural resources. (uncclearn.org)
I have been able personally to observe several of these areas and their present appearance as resulting from overexploitation in Southern Europe: felling of trees and excessive pasturing in Greece, Turkey, Italy, and southern Spain, as well as in North Africa — Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. (religion-online.org)
The report adds that approximately 500,000 square kilometres of African land is already estimated to have been degraded by overexploitation of natural resources, erosion, salinization and pollution, resulting in significant loss of nature's contributions to people. (sciencedaily.com)