What is Overpopulation?
What is Overpopulation?
Human overpopulation occurs when the demand a group imposes on the environment (i.e., its ecological footprint) surpasses the capacity of that geographic space to sustain the population.
Costs of ignoring the problem
Costs of ignoring the problem
Benefits driving positive change
Benefits driving positive change
Higher living costs as there are fewer resources to satisfy the need of the population
Control in pollution and reduction of global warming
Climate change, rising sea levels, expanding deserts
Increased job opportunities and low poverty line
Rising unemployment and lower wages
Increased quality of life
Bella Lack
Bella Lack
Youth Ambassador
Youth Ambassador
Bella Lack is a youth ambassador for Born Free Foundation and Jane Goodall Institute. She is a climate and biodiversity activist. She states that one of the many changes needed to give her generation a chance of a healthy future is for people to recognise that choosing to have fewer children helps relieve that pressure. They should and must be talking about population and family size.
Case Study
Case Study
Populations Balance's mission is to educate people on the impacts that human overpopulation and overconsumption have on the planet, people, and animals, as well as offer solutions to the problems.
It advocates that people to make informed decisions about having children, changing people’s relationship to the natural world.
Ideas youngsters can implement
Ideas youngsters can implement
Awareness campaign against child marriage
Awareness campaigns on family planning and prevention of undesired pregnancies
Create a local environmental group, encouraging community to “connect the dots” between population and the environment and address population issues
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