Causes
- Over-consumption/excessive or unnecessary use of resources
- Non-equitable distribution of resources
- Overpopulation...
- Slash and burn agricultural practices, currently occurring in many developing countries
- Technological and industrial development
- Erosion
- Habitat degradation leads to the loss of Biodiversity (i.e. species and ecosystems with its ecosystem services).
- Irrigation
- Mining for oil and minerals
- Aquifer depletion
- Forestry Forest Reserves within a particular country
- Pollution or contamination of resources
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