1. Forest declining, cutting down the rain forests which are homes for many animals.
2. The loose of topsoil is also a problem. It is determined by the following aspects: urbanization, population expansion, marginal forming, and desert expansion in Africa
Global warming is another problem that is faced in our period of time, because all of the chemical gasses that are released into the atmosphere, the sun hits these gasses and causes climate change. These changes affect the agricultural growth which results in a low agricultural productivity, and in some parts of the world people are unable to feed themselves. That causes starvation. Today there are 14 million people in the risk of death because of famine.
Another problem with population growing rapidly is the water crises. Although there is more water on the earth’s surface then land, yet water is a problem. From 100% of our planet’s water, 97% is salt water, 2% is unusable water, and only 1% is the water that we use for our personal needs. So, 6.2 billion people depend on 1% of the earth’s water
1. Eradiation of illiteracy
2. Paid employment opportunity for women
3. Reduction of infant mortality
4. Increased male responsibility
5. Universal access to family planning
Indeed the population growth rate is incredibly high in some parts of the world. If we are looking only at the United States, it may not seem too bad, considering it an independent country. However, most or all of the countries are interdependent, it is going to affect the entire world. People may not be aware of the consequences of the high population growth, especially in the developing or poor countries. In some countries this may be done intentionally and in other countries may be done unintentionally, it varies country to country and from culture to culture.
It is not a easy process to slow down or to stop for several reasons:
1. One of the biggest reasons is the religion, which says that people should multiply and fill up the earth. It is the strongest opponent of today’s issue. Usually people stick to their believes and do not give up on it.
2. Second barrier is the cultural believes, which is also hard to persuade. If people were brought up in an environment where was practical to raise many kids, they would carry that on.
3. The third is the group of people that are unfamiliar with the consequences of having many children, but these are the once that easily accept the idea of having few kids.
I agree with the idea that educating women will slow down the population growth. In the most developed countries where women have more educational opportunities, the population growth rate is very low, whereas in developing countries, most women have little or no education and because their only occupation is to take care of the children, the population growth rate is much higher.
Scientists say that with the increase of population the quantity of resources decreases, which is absolutely correct. However, slowing it down it is not going to stop the use of the resources. It will only decrease it a little or maintain it the same. We know that it took hundredths of thousands of years for these resources to form and they are being used up very rapidly nowadays.
Also, developing countries have a problem trying to feed their large number of people, but the developed countries are in troubles because they are using most of the earth’s resources. Therefore, either one is going to face the real problem sooner or later.
On the other hand, I think that people who do not have children or only one, lived their lives insane. It does not make any sense for a person to come to this earth and to live its life without leaving anybody behind
By looking at all these issues today we can conclude that something is going to happen on this planet which is inevitable. Although the solutions that people come up with seem to work, they are very expensive and benefit only some people. For example, buying a car that is not going to pollute the air, it will be a lot more expensive than the regular gasoline cars, and because the people that live in this time frame are more concerned in saving money than in protecting the environment. Not that I wish this planet any hard time or I am against conservation, but because this is the way things are going on now.