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    According to FAO, poverty and overpopulation are believed to be the main indirect causes of forest loss. As population grows the demand for food also increases. With growth in population, more people means more food and space requirement whereby more land for agriculture and habitation are required resulting in more clearing of forests. However, overpopulation is not a problem exclusive to Third World countries. Any individual in an industrialized country is more likely to consume in the order…

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    Population is the amount of people in a specific area, but what happens when one area becomes overpopulated? The population from that area has to move out into other areas causing a growth to other areas. This growth effects the environment in the newly populated areas tremedously, which in turn effects the citizens living there. A never ending cycle between homo sapiens and the Earth, who will win is the question no one really knows. Throughout antiquity the population of the world has…

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    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…

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    150 thousand days and if continued to be used by the world at the current rate, natural gas will be gone in 58 thousand days ("Worldometers - Real Time World Statistics." Para 3). The major push behind the depletion of these valued resources is overpopulation. The increasing population on Earth also allows for a higher demand…

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    bad effects of overpopulation on the earth, and that earth will no longer be able to face this problem or handle its effects. In the second cartoon the earth is being presented by a man or a boy being showered, the cartoonist here wanted to show to the viewers that overpopulation pollute the earth very badly, and that the earth is over-polluted and very crowded all that because of overpopulation. Both cartoonists used this technique in a good way to show the effects of overpopulation, but maybe…

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    the Electronic Heart Glove, but there are three reasons that stand out from the rest. One reason is because it would cause global over population. The people of Earth have been struggling with overpopulation since the beginning of globalization. For example, the country of Kibera is suffering from overpopulation and poverty. “The impact of this massing of humans is like a physical blow: The land and city infrastructure can’t keep up with the people. Step between the houses of Kibera and into a…

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    Overpopulation has led to environmental damages i.e. deforestation as it meets some human needs. Deforestation provides raw materials for commercial use in order to sustain the people financially by creating jobs for them and they could also be used for firewood. Deforestation also happens because the land on which the trees grew will be used for a different purpose such as agriculture or housing for the continuously growing population. Overpopulation has also led to pollution…

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    Besides limited resources and overpopulation, water scarcity is a significant challenge with reportedly over a billion people unable to access clean and more importantly safe drinking water, and around 2.6 billion living without proper sanitation; resulting in a high incidence rate of illness…

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    One of the effects includes the degradation of the environment. Since there is overpopulation in some countries it has affected our environment bad, for example, in china there are a lot of adults and they have cars which is causing air pollution. Another example on how badly over population has affected people is what is happening in…

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    the Poor” Selfishness is exposed by Durning’s “Asking How Much Is Enough” In the short essay “Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor” Garrett Hardin argues that the planet faces the problem of overpopulation. He suggest nations should stop helping the poor before the overpopulation kills everyone. He advises the wealthy to protect their resources and leave those who cannot to fend for themselves. He describes the world as being a lifeboat with only enough room for a few inside…

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