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In [[psychology]], a '''social trap''' is a situation[[conflict inof whichinterest]] or [[perverse incentive]] where a group of people act to obtain short-term individual gains, which in the long run leads to a loss for the group as a whole. Examples of social traps include [[overfishing]], energy "brownout" and "blackout" [[power outage]]s during periods of extreme temperatures, the [[overgrazing]] of cattle on the [[Sahel]]ian Desert, and the destruction of the [[rainforest]] by [[logging]] interests and [[agriculture]].{{citation needed|date=February 2012}}.