overcutting
Too much logging
Overcutting is harvesting more timber than a forest can sustainably regenerate.
The term appears in forestry and environmental contexts to describe logging practices that deplete resources faster than natural growth replaces them: Decades of overcutting left the hillsides barren.
The word can extend to any excessive cutting or trimming: Overcutting the hedge damaged it permanently.
Harvesting every standing tree
- loggingRecording system events
- timberWood for construction
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
- old-growthLong-undisturbed forest
chainsaw · sawmill · lumberjack · canopy · woodland · slash-and-burn · stump · underbrush
Unsustainable resource extraction
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
- scarcityInsufficiency of something needed
dwindling · diminution · degradation · erosion · attrition · decline · impoverishment · fisheries
Reckless depletion of resources
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- spoilageFood degradation process
- excessSurplus beyond need
- overproductionExcessive manufacture beyond need
surplus · oversupply · dissipation · misuse · overconsumption · unnecessary · prodigality · extravagance
Failure to exercise care
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
- incompetenceLack of required skill
misallocation · oversight · regulation · enforcement · sustainability · conservation · stewardship · accountability
clearcutting
Harvesting every standing tree
- loggingRecording system events
- timberWood for construction
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
old-growth · chainsaw · sawmill · lumberjack · canopy · woodland · slash-and-burn · stump · underbrush · rainforest
overharvesting
Unsustainable resource extraction
- overexploitationExcessive resource depletion
- unsustainableCannot be maintained indefinitely
- exhaustionState of utter depletion
scarcity · dwindling · diminution · degradation · erosion · attrition · decline · impoverishment · fisheries · wildlife
squandering
Reckless depletion of resources
- inefficiencySuboptimal use of resources
- spoilageFood degradation process
- excessSurplus beyond need
overproduction · surplus · oversupply · dissipation · misuse · overconsumption · unnecessary · prodigality · extravagance · byproduct
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- shortsightednessInability to see distance
- misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
- recklessnessCareless disregard for danger
incompetence · misallocation · oversight · regulation · enforcement · sustainability · conservation · stewardship · accountability
overcuttingundercutting
Charging less than rivals
sustainable harvesting · conservation · sustainable forestry · undercut · sustainable yield
overcuttingsustainable forestry
Long-term timber management practice
conservation · forest preservation · reforestation · afforestation · forest restoration
cutting, cutter, cutlery, cuticle, cutlet, cuttable, overcut