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Population Growth: Can Environmental Catastrophe Be Avoided?
Population Growth: Can Environmental Catastrophe Be Avoided?

A new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health on March 5, explores the direct relationship between population size and environmental decline. The study, funded by Population Matters and led by Chitra Saraswati, a researcher with the Telethon Kids Institute, and Corey Bradshaw, Professor of…

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Human Overpopulation Pushing Wildlife To Extinction
Human Overpopulation Pushing Wildlife To Extinction

Our understanding of the decline that human overpopulation is causing in animal species across our planet is nothing new. On the land, in the air and beneath the water, species large and small have long been struggling to adapt and survive as a growing human population continues to destroy animal habitats and ecosystems…

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Thomas Malthus: Still Relevant Over 200 Years Later
Thomas Malthus: Still Relevant Over 200 Years Later

With the earth’s population having almost tripled in the last 60 years, it is easy to assume that concerns about overpopulation are relatively new. In fact, concerns over the number of people that our planet can reasonably sustain began to be raised, documented and published more than 200 years ago…

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Overpopulation And Waste Generation
Overpopulation And Waste Generation

There is almost no part of our planet where the negative effects of human overpopulation are not felt. And of all those effects, one of the most keenly felt is waste. Across land, throughout the oceans and blown by the winds, human generated waste is all around us. And it is building up at an unsustainable and ever-increasing…

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Population Growth: Can Environmental Catastrophe Be Avoided?
Population Growth: Can Environmental Catastrophe Be Avoided?

A new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health on March 5, explores the direct relationship between population size and environmental decline. The study, funded by Population Matters and led by Chitra Saraswati, a researcher with the Telethon Kids Institute, and Corey Bradshaw, Professor of…

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Surging Population Growth In Tanzania
Surging Population Growth In Tanzania

Surging population growth in Tanzania is creating a number of challenges for the West African nation, the most pressing issue being its acute housing crisis. With a population just short of 69 million, projected to hit 137 million by 2050, the demand for housing in Tanzania is skyrocketing at an unprecedented rate…

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Overpopulation In Brisbane: Olympic City’s Housing Crisis
Overpopulation In Brisbane: Olympic City’s Housing Crisis

Overpopulation in Brisbane has reached unprecedented levels and preparing to host the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games is not the only challenge currently faced by the Queensland capital. As Brisbane’s population growth continues, its housing crisis deepens. Vacancy rates in most greater Brisbane…

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Population Growth In UK: Half A Million New Homes Needed Each Year
Population Growth In UK: Half A Million New Homes Needed Each Year

Population growth in the UK could mean that around 500,000 new homes will need to be built in England each year, according to latest estimates. Concerns were heightened last month when the Office for National Statistics (ONS) suggested that the UK population could hit 70 million by the middle of 2026…

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Population Growth In New Zealand Highest Since 1946
Population Growth In New Zealand Highest Since 1946

New Zealand experienced a surge in population in 2023, recording the fastest growth rate in the post-World War II era. According to the economic forecasting consultancy Infometrics, New Zealand’s population soared by 2.8 per cent in the 12 month period ending December 31, surpassing the 2 per cent growth…

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Overpopulation In Pakistan: World Bank Backs $100 Million Program To Tackle Problem
Overpopulation In Pakistan: World Bank Backs $100 Million Program To Tackle Problem

The World Bank has approved a $100 million funding package for the Punjab Family Planning Program to help address overpopulation in Pakistan’s most populous province. The initiative aims to broaden accessibility and punctuality of family planning services in the Punjab region, improving access to quality…

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Nigeria’s Population Projected To Reach 730 Million
Nigeria’s Population Projected To Reach 730 Million

Nigeria’s population is projected to swell to around 730 million by 2100, potentially elevating it to the world’s third-most populous country. With just over 227 million people, the African country is experiencing a population boom, with United Nations estimates suggesting that current numbers will almost double by…

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Population Of Uzbekistan Approaches 37 Million
Population Of Uzbekistan Approaches 37 Million

The population of Uzbekistan has reached almost 37 million people. According to figures released by the Statistics Agency of Uzbekistan, the country’s population reached 36,799,756 people at the start of 2024, a growth of 2.2% compared to the beginning of 2023. In 2023, Uzbekistan’s population increased by…

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UK Population Projected To Reach 74 Million By 2036
UK Population Projected To Reach 74 Million By 2036

The population of the United Kingdom could reach almost 74 million by 2036, latest figures suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) projects the UK population will increase by 6.6 million people (9.9%) between 2021 and 2036. This includes a net migration of approximately 6.1 million people, plus around…

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Population Of Australia Hits 27 Million
Population Of Australia Hits 27 Million

The population of Australia hit 27 million this week, 30 years earlier than originally predicted, with serious ramifications for the nation’s housing supply, infrastructure and urban planning. The Australian Treasury’s 2002 Intergenerational Report projected a population of 23.4 million people by this point…

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Population Of Accra Outgrows Water Supply Capacity
Population Of Accra Outgrows Water Supply Capacity

The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has indicated that the population of Accra, the Ghanaian capital, has outgrown the capacity of its fresh water supply. During an interview on Ghana’s Citi Breakfast Show, Dr. Clifford Braimah highlighted the challenges GWCL faces…

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Overpopulation Threatens Pakistan’s Economy
Overpopulation Threatens Pakistan’s Economy

Overpopulation is threatening Pakistan’s economy, putting pressure on the country’s resources, infrastructure, and socio-economic stability. The claims were made this week by Meher Kashif Younis, coordinator to the Federal Tax Ombudsman, as he addressed a conference on the ‘Impact of overpopulation on Pakistan Economy’…

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UK Population Growth Outpacing Police Resources
UK Population Growth Outpacing Police Resources

The Police Federation of England and Wales has cited population growth as one of the key factors affecting the ability of the police force to deal with rising crime in the United Kingdom. Steve Hartshorn, the National Chair of the PFEW, released a statement on its website following the airing, on January 8, of…

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First Polar Bear Dies From Bird Flu As Virus Spreads Across Globe
First Polar Bear Dies From Bird Flu As Virus Spreads Across Globe

A polar bear has died from bird flu as the highly contagious H5N1 virus spreads into the most remote regions of the planet. The current outbreak, which began in 2021, is estimated to have already killed millions of wild birds and thousands of mammals worldwide. The death of the polar bear was confirmed…

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Israel To Reach Population Milestone In 2024
Israel To Reach Population Milestone In 2024

Israel is expected to reach a population milestone in 2024, surpassing 10 million people. According to data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics in Israel (CBS), the country’s population grew by 1.9% in 2023, reaching 9.8 million at the close of the year. According to the CBS, 179,000 new names were added…

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Population Growth Threat To Green Economy – Uganda Minister
Population Growth Threat To Green Economy – Uganda Minister

Uganda’s minister for Water and Environment has denounced the country’s growing population, seeing it as a threat to achieving and maintaining a green economy. Sam Cheptoris made his remarks while launching Uganda’s Water and Environment Information System (WEIS) on December 27 at the…

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World Population Increases By Over 75 Million In 2023
World Population Increases By Over 75 Million In 2023

Data released on December 28 indicates that the world population has grown by a further 75 million in 2023. According to the US Census Bureau, the global human population on January 1 2024 will be 75,162,541 higher than on New Year’s Day 2023, a growth of almost 1%. At the start of 2024, 4.3 births…

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Population Growth In Canada Among World’s Fastest
Population Growth In Canada Among World’s Fastest

Canada’s population growth accelerated through 2023, reaching 3.2%, one of the fastest rates in the world. According to new data from Statistics Canada, the country’s population rose by 1.25 million in the year to October 1 2023. This is the largest number in any 12-month period since…

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Abortion And Overpopulation: Letter To Trib Live
Abortion And Overpopulation: Letter To Trib Live

In response to a letter on the subject of ‘right to life’, the following letter was submitted to Trib Live and published on December 7, 2023. “Overpopulation is killing us. We need to start getting real about this problem, and I ask, where better to start than those who aren’t yet born and are unwanted by the parents?”

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Human Overpopulation Not On COP28 Agenda
Human Overpopulation Not On COP28 Agenda

As world leaders and other delegates gather in Dubai for the 2023 United Nations Conference of Parties, one key topic appears missing from the COP28 Agenda – that of continued human population growth. World governments have now met almost every year for nearly three decades, with the aim of forming a global…

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Malta’s Opposition Leader Says Overpopulation Root Of All problems
Malta’s Opposition Leader Says Overpopulation Root Of All problems

Malta’s opposition leader Bernard Grech this week said that overpopulation is the root of all problems currently facing the country. The Nationalist Leader also claimed that the Maltese government is hiding the country’s true population figures and called for Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo to resign from the…

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Diwali Festival Adds More Indian Cities To World’s Most Polluted
Diwali Festival Adds More Indian Cities To World’s Most Polluted

Two Indian cities have joined the national capital, New Delhi, on the list of the world’s top 10 most polluted cities this week, following Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of light. Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali this week, burning a record number of bright earthen oil lamps and setting of fireworks, as authorities…

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Pakistan Facing Cyclical Challenge Of Overpopulation And Gender Inequality
Pakistan Facing Cyclical Challenge Of Overpopulation And Gender Inequality

With Pakistan’s population having already exceeded 240 million, the interplay between overpopulation and gender inequality has created a cyclical challenge for the country. As overpopulation puts further strain on Pakistan’s limited resources, this resource scarcity is, in turn, leading to unequal access to education and healthcare…

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Survey Shows Overpopulation A Concern For Young Women
Survey Shows Overpopulation A Concern For Young Women

A survey of British women between the ages of 18 and 35 has highlighted overpopulation as a major concern, and a deterrent to having a first or additional child. Out of the 1,502 young women surveyed, 59 per cent expressed worry over human overpopulation.

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UN Calls For Global Action To Transform Crowded Cities
UN Calls For Global Action To Transform Crowded Cities

On World Cities Day, The United Nations has called for global action to turn overcrowded cities into engines of sustainable development and innovation. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasised the vital role cities must play in sustainable development, emphasising the need for a global call to action.

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Egypt’s Overpopulation Battle
Egypt’s Overpopulation Battle

Amid an acute economic crisis, Egypt’s government, led by President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, continues to battle the country’s spiralling population growth. According to Egypt’s Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics, the population stands at just over 112 million, an increase of 10 million people in just 6 years.

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2023: A Year Of Climate-Related Disasters
2023: A Year Of Climate-Related Disasters

According to the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), global climate-related disasters are increasing at a staggering rate. Back in 2020, the UNDRR issued a report detailing that in the 20 year period from 1980 to the end of 1999, the world had seen 3,656 climate-related disasters…

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The Anthropocene Epoch
The Anthropocene Epoch

Derived from the Greek terms for ‘human’ and ‘new’, the Anthropocene is an unofficial unit of geological time used to describe the most recent period in Earth’s history, when the planet’s climate and ecosystems began to be impacted by human activity. In 2000, the theory of the Anthropocene Epoch was first proposed…

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Population Of India Overtakes China
Population Of India Overtakes China

According to United Nations reports, India has now overtaken China as the world’s most populous country. The UN’s latest figures show that, at the end of April 2023, India’s population surpassed an estimated 1,425,775,850 people*, overtaking that of China. While China’s human population reached 1.426 billion in 2022…

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King Charles – Overpopulation And The Environment
King Charles – Overpopulation And The Environment

King Charles III of the United Kingdom has long been a champion of the environment and his concern for the future of planet Earth has led him to be referred to by many as ‘the first climate king’. Regularly attending national and international events, the new King of England has always been keen to participate…

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Tom Hanks Appears To Endorse Malthusian Theory
Tom Hanks Appears To Endorse Malthusian Theory

In 2016, the American actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks appeared on the Today television show on NBC, where he discussed, amongst other things, the theories of Thomas Malthus. Malthus was an influential British economist, best known for his theory on population growth, which he outlined in his 1798 book…

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Is There Enough Water To Sustain 8 Billion People?
Is There Enough Water To Sustain 8 Billion People?

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), over two billion people already live in water-stressed countries, a problem that is expected to become more acute as a result of climate change and human population growth. In 2010, the UN General Assembly recognised that everyone has a basic human right…

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How We Reached Eight Billion People
How We Reached Eight Billion People

Today, 15th November 2022, the earth’s human population reached and surpassed eight billion. And the most staggering (and worrying) of all the trends related to human population growth, is the reduced timespan in which each additional billion people have emerged on the planet. It was a mere decade ago…

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Human Population To Exceed 8 Billion This Year
Human Population To Exceed 8 Billion This Year

Towards the end of this year, the planet’s human population is projected to exceed eight billion. According to the United Nations’ Population Prospects 2022 report, the 15th of November 2022 is predicted to be the date that the global human population reaches and surpasses this historic number…

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Anthropocentrism – The Human Supremacy Myth
Anthropocentrism – The Human Supremacy Myth

Anthropocentrism refers to a human-centred, or ‘anthropocentric’ viewpoint. In philosophical terms, anthropocentrism is often used to label the belief that humans are the only, or primary, species of importance and high moral standing. Destructive human activities such as deforestation, trawling and mining…

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Prince William Warns Of Human Overpopulation
Prince William Warns Of Human Overpopulation

The Queen’s grandson, Prince William, recently joined the overpopulation discussion by publicly stating that human overpopulation is having a “catastrophic effect” on the natural world. Speaking at a 2021 event held by the African wildlife charity Tusk Trust, of which he is a patron, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge…

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Human Rights Key To Controlling Population Growth
Human Rights Key To Controlling Population Growth

Human rights are a basic entitlement of everyone, irrespective of gender, race, religion or nationality. These rights include, but are not limited to, bodily autonomy; the right for a person to govern what happens to their body without external influence or coercion. In some parts of the world, however, the reality paints…

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Sir David Attenborough On Human Overpopulation
Sir David Attenborough On Human Overpopulation

Over the past 60 years, Sir David Attenborough has documented the evolution of our planet’s environment, habitat, ecosystem and wildlife, sharing many of his experiences through compulsive interviews and breath-taking television shows. During this time, he has witnessed the accelerated destruction of…

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Overpopulation And Waste Generation
Overpopulation And Waste Generation

There is almost no part of our planet where the negative effects of human overpopulation are not felt. And of all those effects, one of the most keenly felt is waste. Across land, throughout the oceans and blown by the winds, human generated waste is all around us. And it is building up at an unsustainable and ever-increasing…

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Overpopulation – The Need For Smaller Families
Overpopulation – The Need For Smaller Families

Environmental issues are an important and escalating concern amongst a growing number of young adults today. Failed by previous generations and environmentally ineffective governments, increasingly more ‘Generation Zs’ are considering how the decisions they make affect our planet and their future…

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Countries With The Highest CO2 Emissions
Countries With The Highest CO2 Emissions

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential element of life on planet earth. A harmless and odourless gas in small quantities, once released into the atmosphere, it becomes what we refer to as a greenhouse gas. Too much CO2 in the atmosphere can disrupt the planet’s natural temperatures, leading to what has…

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Overpopulation And The Freshwater Crisis
Overpopulation And The Freshwater Crisis

When it comes to the relationship between mankind and fresh water, there are two undeniable facts. Firstly, that fresh water is an essential part of our existence. Whether used for drinking, in the preparation of food, in manufacturing processes, or for agriculture, our very survival depends on our continued access…

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Human Overpopulation Pushing Wildlife To Extinction
Human Overpopulation Pushing Wildlife To Extinction

Our understanding of the decline that human overpopulation is causing in animal species across our planet is nothing new. On the land, in the air and beneath the water, species large and small have long been struggling to adapt and survive as a growing human population continues to destroy animal habitats and ecosystems…

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William Vogt And The Road To Survival
William Vogt And The Road To Survival

Reluctant though most people seem to be when it comes to acknowledging and openly discussing the topic of overpopulation, concerns over human population growth are far from recent. For many, the first name that will come to mind is Thomas Malthus, who’s paper An Essay on the Principal of Population…

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How Human Overpopulation Is Destroying Ocean Health
How Human Overpopulation Is Destroying Ocean Health

For centuries, mankind has believed the ocean to be almost limitless and immune to human impact, offering an endless supply of food, as well as a convenient resting place for unwanted waste. Although this belief was never tenable long-term, it is the exponential growth in human population over recent decades…

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Pandemics: An Inevitable Result Of Overpopulation
Pandemics: An Inevitable Result Of Overpopulation

Since the beginning of 2020 COVID-19 has spread relentlessly around the globe, causing widespread fear and impacting, in one way or another, on the lives of almost all of its 7.8 billion inhabitants. With over 119 million infections and almost 2.7 million deaths at the time of writing, the human and economic costs…

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Paul R. Ehrlich And “The Bomb That Keeps Ticking”
Paul R. Ehrlich And “The Bomb That Keeps Ticking”

The second half of the 1960’s were boom years for frightening visions of what lay ahead for humanity. Science fiction novels about dystopian futures and films about mankind’s struggle for survival all found a willing audience. But none created more fear, controversy and debate than the writing of an American Biologist…

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Earth Overshoot Day Explained
Earth Overshoot Day Explained

As the human population continues to grow exponentially, the consumption of the earth’s resources likewise increases in order to meet the ever-growing demand. The destructive impact of overpopulation on our planet can be measured in a number of ways, such as CO2 emissions, global temperature increases…

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Climate Change: Is Birth Control The Answer?
Climate Change: Is Birth Control The Answer?

Climate change is happening because of man. The scientific evidence is undeniable and anyone but the most stubborn eristics would be hard fought to disagree. The causes of climate change are almost entirely anthropogenic, the primary ones being the increased use of fossil fuels, deforestation, increasingly intensive agriculture…

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The Most Densely Populated Cities On Earth
The Most Densely Populated Cities On Earth

Since 1950, there has been a huge global increase in the proportion of populations living within cities, a trend that is predicted to continue for at least the next 20 years. The need for employment and the promise of higher living standards have been the main drivers in urbanisation. Yet despite this, 1-in-3 people…

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