Does it really come to a shock that our overall human population is expected to exceed nine billion by the year 2050? Well, when you consider the fact that our population has grown more then two thirds its size since 1963, bringing our overall global population to a mere 6.6 billion, the possibility of a population growth of less then 3 billion people in the next 40 years is a considerably possible task.
It is believed that our overall population growth is the cause for many (if not all) of our environmental issues such as climate change or the loss of other species. We as humans may not realise the great deal of destruction we are causing our own planet Earth.
"Trends such as the loss of half the planets, the depletion of most of its major fisheries and the alternation of its atmosphere and climate are closely related to the fact that human population expanded from mere millions in prehistoric times to over 6 billion today" Robert Engelman of Population Action International.
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