Resource depletion

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Resource depletion is an economic term referring to the exhaustion of raw materials within a region. Resources are commonly divided between renewable resources and non-renewable resources. Use of either of these forms of resources beyond their rate of replacement is considered to be resource depletion.

Resource depletion is most commonly used in reference to the farming, fishing, mining, and timber industries. The most frequently noted direct causes of resource depletion are in the manufacturing, mining, and oil industrial cycle. Other examples include Ozone Depletion and Hubbert peak theory for oil.

A part of Judeo-Christian theological dispensationalist prophecy of the end times is predicated upon resource depletion.

1 Causes of depletion of resources
2 Impacts of resource depletion
3 Practices for conservation of resources
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Causes of depletion of resources

Epidemic of obesity
Excessive or unnecessary use of resources
Non-equitable distribution of resources
Overpopulation
Slash and burn agricultural practices in many underdeveloped countries
Technological and industrial development^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Impacts of resource depletion

potential starvation or economic collapse in areas dependent on the depleted resource
imbalances in biosphere
shortages of raw materials
slackening of economic growth

[edit] Practices for conservation of resources

[edit] See also

Sustainability depletion

[edit] References

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