What is a sustainable number of persons on the Earth? What basic human rights should be ensured to every man, woman, and child, and how can these rights be ensured without a redistribution of wealth? Currently there are more than 6 billion people living in the world and this number is expected to double in a short period of time. Many researchers and theorists feel that the world does not have a carrying capacity for this amount of people. Overpopulation is a major issue that people are facing around the world and it is causing problems for the later generations, like huger and poverty. In the near future the need for land will increase greatly to expand cities. By the year 2015 the planet will contain an estimated 23 “megacities” which
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The environment is unable to support the numbers of organisms in a given species that an ecosystem can support.(Weiss 2) Since we are needing more things like food to keep up with the population we are ruining the food chain of other species. As the population becomes unstable so do the things around us that keep us and our things running. The amount of waste produced by increasing population will hamper the waste management program in several countries.(Vactor 2) The more the population grows the more waste the population makes and theres a limited amount of space where that waste goes. Scientists are working on a way to create a disposal that won’t take up much …show more content…
54% of the population believe that stabilizing the population will help protect the environment.(Weiss 1) Surveys are starting to show that people are becoming aware of the effects of overpopulation and are make better choices. Stabilizing the population of the world would eliminate a lot of problems that are creeping up on us now. When people are aware of the effects of overpopulation they are more responsible about their decisions when building their family.(Vactor 2) The families that are aware of the effects that overpopulation tend to make better decisions that effect the population in a positive way. When people consider the consequence of overpopulation they tend to have the least amount of
The environment is unable to support the numbers of organisms in a given species that an ecosystem can support.(Weiss 2) Since we are needing more things like food to keep up with the population we are ruining the food chain of other species. As the population becomes unstable so do the things around us that keep us and our things running. The amount of waste produced by increasing population will hamper the waste management program in several countries.(Vactor 2) The more the population grows the more waste the population makes and theres a limited amount of space where that waste goes. Scientists are working on a way to create a disposal that won’t take up much …show more content…
54% of the population believe that stabilizing the population will help protect the environment.(Weiss 1) Surveys are starting to show that people are becoming aware of the effects of overpopulation and are make better choices. Stabilizing the population of the world would eliminate a lot of problems that are creeping up on us now. When people are aware of the effects of overpopulation they are more responsible about their decisions when building their family.(Vactor 2) The families that are aware of the effects that overpopulation tend to make better decisions that effect the population in a positive way. When people consider the consequence of overpopulation they tend to have the least amount of