Exploitation of natural resources

Under -exploitation refers to the use of natural resources ( natural and mineral resources ) without regard to the consequences. Overexploitation is on short-term profit -oriented, where he complicates long-term use in sequence or even prevented. In contrast, the sustainability.

Causes

Under exploitation of nature is understood the nature a little or no reversible influence. With natural environment is meant as she would have developed, if man had not taken any further influence. The influence has mostly negative effects.

As causes of overexploitation of natural resources shall apply:

• Weak or very strong delayed (and therefore weak) economic feedback on the causers
• For profit
• Economic undervaluation of natural resources
• Overpopulation; threat of famine
• The lack of state authority (see failed state ), perhaps in conjunction with the discharge of civil wars

Overexploitation in jungles

A classic form of exploitation is the exploitation of natural forests, so-called primeval forests. By Kahl blow the whole area or selective choice of particularly desirable trees, the ecosystem is damaged or destroyed.

Exploitation in mining

If mineral deposits not developed as planned, but by digging unplanmäßiges always the best resources to, then one speaks also of exploitation or Virginia creeper mining. See also eternity costs.

Over-exploitation on the high seas

See overfishing

Examples of overexploitation

• Deforestation Deforestation of rainforest
• Deforestation and over-exploitation of forest in the Mediterranean: The regions of Greece, Italy and Spain should have been according to historians, densely forested until the shipbuilding, energy use and agriculture has led to a decrease in forest area from which these regions have still not recovered should.
• Clearing of mountain forest with the result of mudslides and floods

Follow

One writes different phenomena at least one teilursächlich exploitation of nature to:

• Extinction of species
• Reduction of biological and cultural diversity
• Devastation, desolation, salinization of soil
• Epidemics (eg by mass occurrences of pests of cultivated in monoculture plant)
• Forest fires as a result of slash and burn for the recovery of agricultural production areas
• Destruction of traditional livelihoods of indigenous communities
• Future generations will have to bear consequences (eg, follow-up costs and risks) of overexploitation of the generations before them - see intergenerational equity