Many natural resources, including fossil fuels, minerals, and lumber, have been depleted in Europe.
Many of Europe’s natural resources, such as forests and coal, have been severely depleted.
Resource depletion occurs when the renewable and non-renewable natural resources become scarce as a result of high demand. This occurs due to the fact that the resources are being consumed much faster than it can be replenished.
The use of both renwable and non-renewable natural resources beyond their rate of replacement is considered to be resource depletion.