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What are the excess and the unsustainable use of resources called?

ALoss of habitat and fragmentation

BCo-extinctions

CInvasion of alien species

DOver-exploitation

Answer:

D. Over-exploitation

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  • The excess and unsustainable use of resources is known as over-exploitation.

  • It is also known as overharvesting.

  • Overexploitation of any kind of resource leads to rapid decline and destruction of that resource that may cause serious damage to the ecosystem.


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