overharvesting
overharvesting — verb
1. to take so many crops, fish, or wild plants from a place that the supply cannot
to take so many crops, fish, or wild plants from a place that the supply cannot recover.
Dewi warned that trawlers were overharvesting squid near the village coast.
pattern: overharvest + species
Farmers overharvested the mountain herbs before the seeds could spread.
pattern: overharvest + wild plants
By autumn, companies had overharvested the forest's mushrooms for export.
If crews overharvest the river crabs, local families lose winter food.
Scientists say the lake was overharvested long before the new rules.
- overfish
used specifically when the resource is fish
- overexploit
more formal and broader, covering many natural resources
- deplete
focuses on reducing the supply, not on the harvesting action
- conserve
to protect the resource so it can continue
- sustainably harvest
to take only amounts that can grow back naturally
文法句型
overharvest + crop or species
overharvest + forest, lake, or other area
用法筆記
The object is usually a crop, wild plant, animal population, or the area being taken from. Common in environmental reporting, and the passive form often describes land or waters whose natural supply has been badly reduced.