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Overpopulation

Overpopulation is a major cause of most of the world’s problems. Whether it is a question of food
shortage, lack of drinking water or energy shortages, every country in the world is affected by it – or
will be.

Partly thanks to the import of goods from abroad, any particular country is able to maintain its own
welfare. But this cannot go on in an unlimited way. In fact, the number of inhabitants is rising in every
country. The world population is threatening to rise in the next few decades to 8 or 10 billion. There is
a good chance that more and more countries will need their own products themselves.

Our planet can offer a quality of life comparable to that enjoyed in the European Union to no more
than 2 billion people. With a population of 8 to 10 billion, welfare per person on a world scale will drop
to that of a poor farmer who can scarcely provide sufficient food for himself and knows nothing of
welfare. And thus we will have to share everything fairly in order to avoid disputes or war.

The climate is changing – and it matters little whether this can be blamed on human activity or on
changes in the solar system. The sea level only has to rise slightly in order to cause a great deal of
valuable agricultural land to disappear. At present we seem to think that we can keep ahead of
famine with the use of artificial fertilisers, by the inhumane breeding of animals and other survival
strategies.

Human beings have a tendency to want more and more welfare. World-wide the numbers of cars and
refrigerators are increasing before our very eyes. But there will come a time when population growth
and welfare collide. There is a reasonably good chance that floods of people will trek all over the
world searching for more food and welfare.

Technicians are only too happy to point to technology that has solutions to all our problems up its
sleeve. Unfortunately technical solutions have not as yet been able to combat world hunger in any
significant way. Wherever there is no recognition or solving of the problems on a worldwide scale, war
and violence would seem to be inevitable: everyone wants to survive.

The only solution is a population policy applied on a worldwide scale. This site provides you – per
language and, where possible, per country – with articles, films and images from all over the world
showing what overpopulation is and why a population policy is important. Unfortunately too often any
discussion of overpopulation or of population policies is taboo.

The business world and the religions are generally only interested in population growth. Allowing
welfare to shrink is often just as difficult for the rich as fleeing from poverty is for the poor. In addition
the growth scenario continues to dominate worldwide thinking about solutions for the problems set
out here.

We would like to invite you to acquaint yourself with the contents of this site. We also welcome any
multi-media contributions you might make. The Dutch foundation CVTM (the Ten Million Club), a non-
profit organisation, has made this site possible. You can also support us with your contributions via
the site.
Written by
Paul Gerbrands Chairman

Taken by: www.overpopulationawareness.org

What is your opinion about the reading?

The reading is about overpopulation is one of the most important causes of most of the problems in
the world and this has consequences as affected the planet as the climate is seeing the shortage of
food and water, no longer see the quality of life and well-being and that this problem must be solved
immediately.

What could be a solution to this problem?

Possible solutions for overpopulation:

1) Empower women: Studies show that women with access to reproductive health services find it
easier to get out of poverty, while working women are more likely to use contraception. The United
Nations Population Fund aims to tackle both issues at the same time, executing microcredit projects
to make young women advocates for reproductive health.

2) Promote family planning: Simply educating men and women about contraception can have a big
impact. When Iran introduced a national family planning program in 1989, its fertility rate dropped
from 5.6 births per woman to 2.6 in a decade. A similar effort in Rwanda saw a three-fold increase in
contraceptive use in just five years.

3) Make education entertaining: The Population Media Center, based in the United States, gets
creative in reaching women. His radio soap operas, which tell culturally specific stories on
reproductive issues, have been heard by up to 500 million people in 50 countries. In Ethiopia, 63% of
women seeking reproductive health services reported being tuned in.

4) Government incentives: Those who work at the Population Matters charity (UK) believe that there
should be a senior government official responsible for addressing population-related issues. They
urge governments to promote “responsible parenthood” and say that subsidies should be limited to
the first two children unless the family lives in poverty.

5) One-child legislation: During China's highly controversial one-child policy, fertility declined from six
births per woman in the 1960s to 1.5 in 2014. However, Amnesty International reports that the policy
resulted in forced or forced abortions and sterilizations. . It also disrupted traditional support
structures for the elderly and led to a gender imbalance.

Do we have overpopulation in our country? Explain it.

Of course, if unemployment has increased, in big cities robberies have increased, our health and
education system is not enough and there is a very high birth rate.