depredation

1. N-VAR The depredations of a person, animal, or force are their harmful actions, which usually involve taking or damaging something. 掠奪; 破壞[正式] [usu with supp]

Much of the region's environmental depredation is a result of poor planning. 這個地區(qū)的環(huán)境破壞大都是規(guī)劃不周的結(jié)果。