reality. Everyday‚ 240‚000 babies are born around the world‚ according to United Nations ’ Population Fund (UNFPA). This figure works out to be about 12‚000‚000 people over the next 50 years‚ if the growth stays‚ steady. However‚ as stated by World Population Profile: 1998‚ the population of our plant will reach 9.6 billion people by 2050‚ a discouraging number. That should frighten every citizen of earth‚ because the enormous population will affect every person. Unless‚ people understand the
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Human Population Human Population As we look around us‚ we can actually see how things are becoming over crowded. Lines at the store‚ driving on the highways and how schools classrooms are getting bigger. This is all due to the human population intensifying. We add about a million and half people to our world population every week! What effects is this having on our environment? Is it hurting our water systems and changing our climates? What can we do as a society to help or change
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people worry about it. However‚ the population on the earth has hit 6.5 billion. Some people are very worried about the ability of the world to sustain these huge numbers. This essay will examine the problem of overpopulation and suggest some ways of solving the problem. The biggest and major problem is rapid increase in the number of people. If the world population continued to grow at the current rate‚ the earth would not be able to sustain its population and the number of people will decrease
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awareness which are both as a result of population growth. The result is increased degradation of the environment‚ with significant loss of soil fertility‚ soil erosion‚ serious deforestation‚ water depletion‚ pollution and loss of biodiversity. The fragile state of Malawi’s environment poses critical challenges to both human development and economic growth (state of environment and outlook report‚ 2010). According to the 2008 census‚ Malawi’s population has tripled since 1966‚ reaching 13‚077‚160
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our shrinking world The daily life of human beings is filled with simple concerns. The concerns are rightfully of acquisition and desire: who should matter more to the human other than the human itself? The natural drive of procreation has evolved beyond continuance of species. People now strive to fill the earth with their personal seed: they feel the need for family‚ and preservation of legacy. This need has boosted the human population to extravagant numbers‚ and now our planet is showing signs
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Global population is currently over 7 billion. The biggest contributors to the world’s population are China and India‚ they both have populations of over 1 billion and China contains 19% of the population whilst India contains 17.4%. The highest populated continents are Asia and Africa‚ which are continents that most of the LEDCs are from. Asia has a population of over 4 billion and Africa has a population of over 1 billion‚ which makes up more than half of the world’s population. The population in these
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Assignment: Some governments say how many children a family can have in their country. As they control the number of children someone has through taxes. It is sometimes right for the government to control the population this way. Do you agree or disagree? Charging for Better According to science‚ humans have evolved‚ and throughout history we see evidence of how these social animals have habituated to different situations. As things got discovered and inventions were made‚ they grew civilized
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Johnson‚ D.G. “Population‚ Food‚ and Knowledge.” American Economic Review 90 (2000): 1-14. When judging the current state of the world‚ one can examine many different aspects. Some such aspects include people‚ agriculture‚ and advancement of knowledge. These areas can help one better understand where the world has been‚ where it is currently at‚ and where it will be in the future. This kind of study is necessary so as to ensure that the future of the world will be positive‚ and not deteriorate
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Population; A Human Source Or Burden Zawar Hussain The world population milestone that is sparking a global discussion on today’s most pressing environmental‚ health and justice issues‚ Pakistan’s population has continued to grow at break-neck speed. This has put immense pressure on the resources Pakistan has or can generate. Some would argue that every birth produces a consumer. Increasing population is actually a blessing in Islam‚ Christianity and Judaism. So in religious sense its good
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OVER POPULATION “Whether we accept it or not‚ this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways: Either we decide to manage our own numbers‚ to avoid a collision of every line on civilization’s graph – or nature will do it for us‚ in the form of famines‚ thirst‚ climate chaos‚ crashing ecosystems‚ opportunistic disease and wars over dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size” – Alan Weisman
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