Sentences with phrase «unsustainable use of natural resources»

In every region, with the exception of a number of positive examples where lessons can be learned, biodiversity and nature's capacity to contribute to people are being degraded, reduced and lost due to a number of common pressures — habitat stress; overexploitation and unsustainable use of natural resources; air, land and water pollution; increasing numbers and impact of invasive alien species and climate change, among others.

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The so - called «debt - resource - hypothesis» suggests that high indebtedness leads to increased natural resource exploitation as well as more unsustainable patterns of resource use (Neumayer 2012).

Context - The growing use of energy that underlies current economic growth puts unsustainable pressure on natural resources and on the environment.