OVERPOPULATION Many sources‚ books and articles say that people are the most important natural resources a land could have. People are the ones who develop and take care of the nature. People are also the main users of what the nature could give. It was yesterday when it seems that people are not the problem‚ in fact‚ they are the factors that contributes to the betterment of a nation. Today‚ it seems that people are coming way too fast and many already. Well‚ I say there’s no problem about
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Section 1: Research Findings (Overpopulation) How does overpopulation affects the living conditions of the developing country? 1. Introduction a. Introduce Issue --------- Overpopulation is the consequence of sexual reproduction. Strangely‚ most people tacitly assume that overpopulation starts with the birth of a new individual. This mental picture leaves out the important aspects of sex drive and sexual intercourse. They occur seasonally in animals‚ but humans succumb to their sex drive
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Leslie Maliekal Reading Response to The Myth of Overpopulation 11/24/14 “The Myth of Overpopulation” was written by Michael Craven and published on June 13th‚ 2011 in the Christian Post. The article talks about some of the popular myths that people hold about overpopulation. For example‚ in the past a famous scholar‚ Thomas Malthus‚ believed that the “planet’s rapid increase in population would soon outstrip the planet’s ability to produce food‚ resulting in massive worldwide
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III. IV. Overpopulation’s effect on children in China and India in comparison to America’s more balanced population A. Infant mortality rates are higher in countries with an overpopulation problem than in countries that have room to grow. 1. In countries that struggle with overpopulation‚ such as India and China‚ the economy is in a constant flux that hinders the advancement of life saving health care. With this one issue out of the equation in America‚ she is still able to
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Animal shelters exist in counties across the country in order to manage a problem that seems impossible to solve: overpopulation among cats and dogs. Overpopulation occurs when animals of the same species become successful reproducers. Cats are especially good reproducers. According to PETA‚ in just seven years‚ one female cat and her offspring will generate 370‚000 cats. This staggering statistic exhibits the ramifications of an owner choosing not to get their cat or dog neutered or spayed. The
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Human Overpopulation Increasing human overpopulation throughout the world is one of the biggest global issues addressed in the 21st century. This concept negatively affects almost every aspect of society: extinction of plants/animals or habitats‚ over use of natural resources‚ climate change‚ and other environmental problems (“As World’s Human”). This continual predicament needs to be corrected by intensified human productive abilities and a global law that will stimulate positive outcomes across
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Deforestation is simply the means of removing trees and forests‚ generally through burning or cutting. In this paper I will cover South America where deforestation mainly takes place as needs in agriculture rise requiring more land. In the tropical regions there are mainly three types of deforestation that take place. Firstly‚ in poor economy countries such as South America‚ poor citizens turn to agriculture for feeding their families. Farmers use agricultural settlements and then cut down acres
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should ever own a pet without having them spayed or neutered. When I say the word pet‚ I am focusing on cats and dogs because they are the most popular pets in the United States‚ yet the citizens of our nation do little to nothing to protect them. Overpopulation is a grandiose problem—and with more strays on the streets than can be counted—to say the problem is out of
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Deforestation is the elimination of forest and woodland areas on the large scale. Deforestation emerged as a major problem because of large scale losses evident particularly in tropical regions. Evidence of deforestation dates back much further than modern times‚ owing to the fact that deforestation is also a natural process. Uganda is a small African country located in East Africa and is crossed by equator in the south. The location in the equatorial region‚ a number of lakes in the country
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Indonesia has sold her sole (natural resources) to the highest bidder. The blame of the deforestation of Indonesia and in particular of Sumatra is down to the western consumers. Always striving for cheaper consumer goods‚ not taking the consequences into consideration. Thank you for your attention. Timothy Lynch Links: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/sumatra-borneo-deforestation-tigers-palm-oil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia#Economy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra
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