OverpopulationOverpopulation

Helen Pane, Kaitlyn Peters and Scott

Loberg

Helen Pane, Kaitlyn Peters and Scott

Loberg

OverpopulationOverpopulation

• The population is exceeding the world’s capacity of the environment to supply us with healthy living, water, a place to live, and necessary food to stay alive.

• The population is exceeding the world’s capacity of the environment to supply us with healthy living, water, a place to live, and necessary food to stay alive.

QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

• Which continent do you think has the world’s fastest growing population?

• Which continent do you think has the world’s fastest growing population?

CAUSESCAUSES

• Exponential growth• Advancements in health

technology

• Exponential growth• Advancements in health

technology

QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

• What do you think some of the effects of overpopulation are?

• What do you think some of the effects of overpopulation are?

EFFECTSEFFECTS

• Deforestation– When trees are cut down and

then reforestation does not occur

– The more the population grows there is a greater need for land and resources so people are cutting down trees to use them for houses

– 50,000 species of plants and animals a year become extinct due to deforestation

– There used to be 14.8 billion acres of forest and now there are only 8 billion

– Deforestation is also one of the causes of global warming

• Deforestation– When trees are cut down and

then reforestation does not occur

– The more the population grows there is a greater need for land and resources so people are cutting down trees to use them for houses

– 50,000 species of plants and animals a year become extinct due to deforestation

– There used to be 14.8 billion acres of forest and now there are only 8 billion

– Deforestation is also one of the causes of global warming

EFFECTSEFFECTS• Limited resources

– Fossil fuels– Water– Land area– Food

• Limited resources– Fossil fuels– Water– Land area– Food

QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

• How many hours a day do you think women and children around the world walk to get clean and safe water?

• How many hours a day do you think women and children around the world walk to get clean and safe water?

EFFECTSEFFECTS

• Air pollution – The car

population has grown five times as fast as the human population

– Mercury, lead and carbon dioxide are released into the hair from cars

• Air pollution – The car

population has grown five times as fast as the human population

– Mercury, lead and carbon dioxide are released into the hair from cars

QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

• What do you think the worlds current population is at?

• What do you think the worlds current population is at?

EFFECTSEFFECTS• As the population

increases so does war– 1970-1999 80% of all

civil conflicts that caused at least 25 deaths occurred in countries in which 60% or more of the population was under the age of 30

– An increase of people causes more shortages of food and land and people fighting over them

• As the population increases so does war– 1970-1999 80% of all

civil conflicts that caused at least 25 deaths occurred in countries in which 60% or more of the population was under the age of 30

– An increase of people causes more shortages of food and land and people fighting over them

SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

• Education– Safe sex,

contraceptive options, make information and contraceptives available to places like Africa.

• Education– Safe sex,

contraceptive options, make information and contraceptives available to places like Africa.

SOLUTIONSSOLUTIONS

• One child policy– 1979– Highly controversial– Tax on every child

after the first– Increase in sexism– Children go

unregistered

• One child policy– 1979– Highly controversial– Tax on every child

after the first– Increase in sexism– Children go

unregistered

QUESTION TIMEQUESTION TIME

• Do you think there should be a one child policy in the United States?

• Do you think there should be a one child policy in the United States?

ConclusionConclusion

• Educate people about sex• Supply contraceptives• Bill Gates, Ted Turner and Warren

Buffet donated money to different organizations

• Educate people about sex• Supply contraceptives• Bill Gates, Ted Turner and Warren

Buffet donated money to different organizations

Works CitedWorks Cited• Bibliography• Callohan, Christopher. Rainforest Deforestation. 01 May 2008. 9 November 2008

<http://kanat.jsc.vsc.edu/student/callahan/mainpage.htm>.

• Dewey, Arthur E. "One-Child Policy in China." 14 December 2004. 10 November 2008. • http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/39823.htm

• Eberstadt, Nicholas. "Doom and Demography." Wilson Quarterly. Winter 2006. SIRS Researcher. <http://sks.sirs.com/sgi-bin/hst-clean

• Francis, David R. "Fuse on the Population Bomb" Has been Relit." Christian Science Monitor. 21 May 2007. SIRS Researcher. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgibin/hst-article-display.

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• Zeaman, John. Overpopulation. New York: Franklin Watts, 2002.

• Bibliography• Callohan, Christopher. Rainforest Deforestation. 01 May 2008. 9 November 2008

<http://kanat.jsc.vsc.edu/student/callahan/mainpage.htm>.

• Dewey, Arthur E. "One-Child Policy in China." 14 December 2004. 10 November 2008. • http://www.state.gov/g/prm/rls/39823.htm

• Eberstadt, Nicholas. "Doom and Demography." Wilson Quarterly. Winter 2006. SIRS Researcher. <http://sks.sirs.com/sgi-bin/hst-clean

• Francis, David R. "Fuse on the Population Bomb" Has been Relit." Christian Science Monitor. 21 May 2007. SIRS Researcher. <http://sks.sirs.com/cgibin/hst-article-display.

• Francis, David R. "How to SLow the Population Clock." Christian Science Monitor. 3 July 2006. SIRS Researcher<http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display

• Kinzer,Stephen. "After So Many Deaths, Too many Births." New York Times. 11 Feb 2007. SIRS Researcher. <www.nationalgeographic.com/after/deaths/manybirths

• Mason, Paul. Planet Under Pressure: Population. Chicago: Heinemann Library, 2006

• Society, National Geographic. Eye in the Sky- - Overpopulation. 2006-2008. 9 November 2008 <http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/overpopulation/overpopulation.html>.

• Zeaman, John. Overpopulation. New York: Franklin Watts, 2002.