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Eventually (circa 1700 AD), the Easter Islander exhausted their forests, could build no more canoes, and overshot the food growing capacity of their garden plots. A famine and war broke out, and the population crashed to a couple thousand people at most.  This happened sometime between the first and second contact with Europeans.  Warfare had led to the deliberate toppling of all the statues by the time of second European contact.   

Eventually (circa 1700 AD), the Easter Islander exhausted their forests, could build no more canoes, and overshot the food growing capacity of their garden plots. A famine and war broke out, and the population crashed to a couple thousand people at most.  This happened sometime between the first and second contact with Europeans.  Warfare had led to the deliberate toppling of all the statues by the time of second European contact.   

In modern times, Easter Island is  deforested and depends on support for Chile as well as tourism for its local economy.

In modern times, Easter Island is  deforested and depends on support from Chile as well as tourism for its local economy.