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Overlogging
Environmental exploitation practice / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the South Park episode, see Over Logging (South Park episode).
Overlogging is a form of overexploitation caused by legal or illegal logging activities that lead to unsustainable or irrecoverable deforestation and permanent habitat destruction for forest wildlife.
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