Overpopulation “Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms. The disease is overpopulation. And unless we face world population head-on, we are doing nothing more than sticking a Band-Aid on a fast-growing cancerous tumor.” -Dan Brown Amy Vasquez Current population : 7.8 billion About one half of the world population comes from 7 countries China ~18.47% India ~17.7% USA ~4.25% Indonesia ~3.51% Pakistan ~2.83% Brazil ~2.73% Nigeria ~2.64% “Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms…” NO2 is the oxidation product of NO NO, nitrous oxide, forms others gasses in the stratosphere These gases trigger ozone-destroying reactions “Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms…” Countries With Worst Water Supply: Most Populated Countries GDP: Uganda USA ~20.54 trillion Ethiopia China ~13.61 trillion Nigeria India ~2.719 trillion Cambodia Brazil ~1.869 trillion Nepal Indonesia ~1.042 trillion Ghana Nigeria ~397.3 billion Bhutan Pakistan ~314.6 billion Pakistan Congo Mexico Wealth has an impact on how overpopulated countries manage their resources “Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease—they are the symptoms…” The World's Greatest Contributors to Most Populated Countries: Pollution: China ~18.47% China (30%) India ~17.7% USA (15%) USA ~4.25% India (7%) Indonesia ~3.51% Russia (5%) Pakistan ~2.83% Japan (4%) Brazil ~2.73% Nigeria ~2.64% How can overpopulation be geographically steadied? If you control the growth rates of different geographical locations, you can control the harm that those countries have on earth How do you achieve this? Helping the poor get out of poverty. Wealthier families are more likely to have received education on family planning, their family planning decisions are based on quality of life, therefore they are more likely to have less children to reach socio-economic goals Wealthier families are more likely to have received education on family planning, their family planning decisions are based on quality of life, therefore they are more likely to have less children to reach socio-economic goals Lower socioeconomic status families economic goals are centered around enough food to survive. By educating these families and implementing family planning, poverty populations can population growth will decrease. With less children there is more money to spend on assets, improving quality of life. Therefore not only are you implementing a way to expand the quality of life around the world, you are also controlling population growth. Hans Rosling: Global Population Growth, box by box 1960 2050 So to help overcome overpopulation, we have to try and steady how many children each family has How has this played out in China? One Child Policy implemented in 1979 For the past 3 centuries families have began investing more in their assets, helping the countries socioeconomic condition and unemployment rate Approximately 400 million births were prevented Con: left country with an unproportional aging population Con: unequal ratio between male and female It is undeniable that controlling birth rates will decrease population growth One way to control birth rates is through abortions Let’s say abortions become illegal within our country, how will this affect overpopulation? There has already been a significant decrease in abortion rate within our country Because of increased use of A New Guttmacher study released in 2017 revealed that abortion rates have reached contraceptives and education a historically low point the national rate of abortions has decreased ❏ Only institute to collect systematic data of abortions at the national level ❏ (1973) 16.3 abortions per 1000 women ❏ (2017) 13.5 abortions per 1000 women So elimanating abortions wouldn’t have a signifcant impact on our population growth, how would it affect other countries? For developing countries to steady growth rates below 1%, they need a high contraceptive prevalence But a high contraceptive prevalance alone isn’t enough to steady growth rates below 1%, approximately 201-500 abortion per 1000 live births are needed This isn’t feasible everywhere, for example in many countries in South America abortions are illegal What Future Do We See? Benin and Niger may have a 150% or more population increase by 2050 US population projected to increase steadier between 2020 and 2050 than in former decades China population projected to decrease by 2050 Did Dan Brown Crack the Code? 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