Population explosion triggered by wealth
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Human populations tend to grow much more quickly when people feel confident about future economic wealth. Sharp increases in population growth were observed after the Great Depression of the 1930's. Population explosions have not been sustained in the past because of limitations in vital life support systems such as fresh water availability and food production. The ideal population could be maintained if replacement-level fertility rates were adhered to. Population growth would diminish if western countries were to emphasize the limitation on world resources.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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Protecting nature's wealth on a crowded continent
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The European Union (EU) and other European nations will find it enormously difficult to prevent the rapid destruction of its last remaining wildernesses. Around 42% of European mammals and 15% of European birds are currently endangered. Natural ecosystems are increasingly less abundant due to environmentally-damaging government policy and rapidly growing economies. Three international programmes are currently being progressed: the EU's Natura 2000, Holland's EECONET and the World Conservation Union's Parks for Life program. Each program is discussed.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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Population scapegoat for poor governance
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Western countries mistakenly blame the world population's exponential growth for economic decline and lack of wealth when in fact it is caused by economic mismanagement. It is tempting to believe that the world is overpopulated because many of us congregate in urban areas to find work and live with others. However, around 99 percent of the world's surface is unpopulated. National economic policies limit the lives of human beings without improving economic wealth.
Publication Name: Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0887-8218
Year: 1997
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