Overpopulation & Its Affects on the Environment
Date Submitted: 02/15/2004 22:33:49
Category: / Society & Culture / Environment
Length: 4 pages (968 words)
Category: / Society & Culture / Environment
Length: 4 pages (968 words)
The world is becoming an overly crowded place. The population of the world has doubled in the last 40 years; in 1999, we welcomed the 6 billionth resident of Earth. In 1960, there were only 3 billion living human beings and prior to that the first time the human population eclipsed 1 billion people was in 1804! Even still, the largest youth population the world has ever seen is just entering its reproductive years. One billion teenagers will begin reproducing and it …
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…least slow the growth of the population. But family planning alone cannot save the world from the overpopulation problem. It will take a truly global effort of everyone working together before we can maintain a stable global population.
Bibliography
Wright, R., & Nebel, B. (2002). Environmental Science: Toward A Sustainable Future.Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Gaia, Karen. (2003, May 13). The WOA!! The World Overpopulation Awareness Site.Retrieved May 17 & 18, 2003, from http://www.overpopulation.org/
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