overexploit

There would be little incentive for fishermen to overexploit the resources in their "plot" if they didn't have a competitor waiting to pounce on whatever is left uncaught.

Peter Hanlon: Fish as Food, Fish as Wildlife: Four Fish (a Book Review) 2010

The fishing villages have grown so large they threaten the integrity of the Park and overexploit the fishery.

Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo 2009

However, to support the construction industry, the elite overexploit the soil along the coasts, contributing to coastal erosion and damaging coastal ecosystems.

Regional scenarios for Africa's future~ coastal and marine environments 2008

The elite, tempted by the high demand for forest products in the global market, act as resource extractors, and overexploit the forest resources.

Sub-regional scenarios for Africa's future~ Central Africa 2008

Land tenure practices and policies that encourage land users to overexploit land resources can be important contributors to desertification.

Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Desertification Synthesis~ Key Questions on Desertification in the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment 2008

Economic and social problems have forced villagers to overexploit animal species through over hunting and collection for the wildlife trade including several mammals, marine species and reptiles such as turtles and iguanas.

Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves 2007

Instead, the predatory species must repeatedly raid colonies to replenish its work force; indeed, voracious colonies can overexploit their captives and engender their own demise when there is no one left to do the work.

Words are our business delagar 2006

Instead, the predatory species must repeatedly raid colonies to replenish its work force; indeed, voracious colonies can overexploit their captives and engender their own demise when there is no one left to do the work.

Archive 2006-03-01 delagar 2006

But while its numbers are so high it will probably overexploit its own resources and eventually decline again as a consequence of famine.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004

Like some of the prophets and kings of Israel, he recognized that it was possible to abuse and overexploit natural resources.

The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004