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Definition of Overharvested
1. overharvest [v] - See also: overharvest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overharvested
Literary usage of Overharvested
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Income Opportunities in Special Forest Products: Self-Help Suggestions for by Margaret G. Thomas (1994)
"Each botanical has its own needs for resource protection to ensure that it is
not overharvested. The owner or manager of a given area must also be assured ..."
2. Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity by Terry Lee Anderson, Laura E. Huggins (2003)
"Evidence suggests that Plains Indians overharvested big game such as elk and deer
when there was competition among tribes, possibly explaining the dearth of ..."
3. Conservation and Development of Nontimber Forest Products in the Pacific edited by Bettina Von Hagen, James F. Weigand, Rebecca McLain, Roger Fight (1998)
"Fur trading companies then exported the product to China, where demand was
increasing as native supplies were overharvested. ln the 1800s, the supply of ..."
4. Our Common Journey: A Transition Toward Sustainability by National Research Council (1999)
"... species and ecosystems of the earth means preventing further exploitation and
the ultimate extinction of overharvested or otherwise threatened wildlife; ..."
5. Communities, Livelihoods and Natural Resources: Action Research And Policy by Stephen R. Tyler (2006)
"... used as feed for fish-pen culture in the northern lagoon system, was being
overharvested. The local people wanted to know the potential amount which ..."
6. Commercialisation of Non-timber Forest Products: Review and Analysis of Research by Roderick P. Neumann, Eric Hirsch (2000)
"Of relevance here is the 'decline phase', in which the NTFP is overharvested and
the resource base shrinks, thus leading to the eventual failure of ..."
7. Understanding Marine Biodiversity: A Research Agenda for the Nation by National Research Council (1995)
"Chilean workers have demonstrated that some marine reserves do not work well in
supplying adjacent regions with larvae of overharvested species. ..."
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