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ACTIVITY 2 .
1.
Overpopulation is not a major problem for the human race but what the human
being’s activities and action are. The Earth can still support more of us if we are just
being conscious and responsible stewards. In fact, having an ever-growing worldwide
population also have advantages. Despite unavoidable free services provided by the
earth to humans, we are not able to pay off her kindness to us. Rather we humans are
being cruel to our Earth with our selfish activities. Mahatma Gandhi said, “Earth
provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.”
Every day we produce tons of degradable and non-degradable waste, and throw
it anywhere recklessly. Smoke and harmful gases from our homes, vehicles and
industries are suffocating her. We are disposing of dirty sewage, drainage and even
chemicals recklessly, although we know that more than 7 billion humans, along with all
plants and animals in this world, rely on water for their lives. We destroy forests for
agriculture & settlement. We build huge buildings, roads & factories beyond her carrying
capacity. The establishment of nuclear reactors vastly affects the environment & human
lives.
If being overpopulated were used in a good way, If all the 7 billion inhabitants are
committed for the sustainability of our planet, we could earn a better life quality. Maybe
our single efforts may seem small but if thousands of people can unite together towards
nature conservation then one day our efforts will be a drastic step to protect our
motherland Earth from destruction.
2.
The world population is the total number of humans currently living, and was
estimated to have exceeded 7.9 billion people as of November 2021. The global
population is still increasing, but there is significant uncertainty about its long-term
trajectory due to changing rates of fertility and mortality.
China today remains the world's most populous country with 29.09% of the
world’s population. India is second most populated country with around 27.34% of the
world's population. United States make up 6.72% of the world's population while
Indonesia are home to around 5.49%. Approximately billion of people live in these ten
countries listed, representing around 90% of the world's population.
ASSESSMENT

1. Global Demography
-Global Demography Trends and Patters. The global population, which stood at just
over2 billion in 1950, is 6.5 billion today. The world is currently gaining new inhabitant at
a rate of 76 million people a year (representing the difference, in 2005, between 134
million birth and 58 million deaths). Demography is the study of human populations their
size, composition and distribution across space and the process through which
populations change. Births, deaths and migration are the 'big three' of demography,
jointly producing population stability or change.

2. Population
-A population is defined as a group of individuals of the same species living and
interbreeding within a given. Members of a population often rely on the same resources,
are subjects to similar environmental constraints, and depend on the availability of other
members to persist over time. Population is the number of people in a particular place.

3. Population Education
-Population education can be defined as a process of developing awareness and
understanding of population situation among people and making them more responsible
towards managing the population. Population education makes the people aware of the
population related issues.
CRITICAL THINKING.

1. We never know the worth of the water till the well is dry. -Thomas Fuller
-It is only when someone or something is gone that we truly appreciate them or it. “You
never miss the water until it’s gone.” Basically you don’t know how important something
or someone is until you’ve lost it/them. It doesn’t always hold up, some people are very
well aware that they will miss something or someone if it disappeared, and most same
people know that we can’t survive without water. But, the phrase is mostly directed at
people whom you perceive as on the brink of losing something without being too
bothered about it, or unaware that they can lose something, because they take so
utterly for granted (like we take water in the well for granted).

2. Population increases in geometric progression whereas food production

increase in arithmetic progression. - Robert Thomas Mattus
-Thus population grew faster than food production and tended to outstrip it in a short
time. population rises, demand for food, energy and income increases. Increasing
population coupled with land degradation aggravates challenges of crop production. As
a result, the rate at which the population increases, the production of food can increase.
According to Malthus, population is rapidly increasing due to natural fertility, and in
every country the population doubles in every 25 years.

3. Population must be balance against resources, or civilization (society) will

perish - Sir John Huxley, First Director General of UNESCO.
-Rapid population growth continues to be a major underlying force of environmental
degradation and a threat to sustainable use of natural resources. It reduces the quality
and quantity of natural resources through overexploitation, intensive farming and land
fragmentation. Generally speaking, as the human population grows, our consumption of
natural resources increases. More humans consume more freshwater, more land, more
clothing, etc. Scientific and technological innovations mean that we are improving our
efficiency at using and harvesting natural resources.

4. The choice is ours to make. Whatever we do or fall to day will spell the king of
future that we shall pass on to the generations yet unborn. Please beget a child
not by change by rational choice.
-Rational choice theory can apply to a variety of areas, including economics,
psychology and philosophy. This theory states that individuals use their self-interests to
make choices that will provide them with the greatest benefit. People weigh their options
and make the choice they think will serve them best. The rational, decision making
assumes that people will make choices that maximize benefits and minimize any costs.
The idea of rational choice is easy to see in economic theory. In general, people will
choose the object that provides the greatest reward at the lowest cost.