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exploitation — English
The over-use and abuse of any resource be it physical or human. Overgrazing of fields, over-cultivation of croplands and removal of all the vegetation from forested areas will reduce them all too barren, unproductive stretches of eroded and degraded land. The over-use of water source for irrigation or for mining or for the dilution of polluted water, will either deplete the source or pollute it to such a degree that it becomes useless. Human resources such as factory or mine workers can also be exploited and that is sure to lead to labour unrest, strikes and production loss. Nearly all exploitation has one aim, namely quick profit, and nearly all stem from one human foible, namely greed. The only exceptions are where poverty forces people to exploit their land, vegetation and water resources. However, all exploitation has a common end, namely environmental degradation, unproductive land, increased poverty, hunger and misery.
