GLOBAL OVERPOPULATION

CAUSES

MEDICAL FACILITIES

• A significant cause of overpopulation is the advancement of medical treatment
• Illnesses that used to claim thousands of lives annually can now be easily treated.
• Infection and disease are much less common in hospitals.

LACK OF FAMILY PLANNING

• Especially in poor countries, uneducated laborers have large families to help generate income.
• Children in these countries are pushed into early marriages and immediately begin having children.

OVERCOMING POVERTY

• In the past, a small percent of people were able to live comfortably.
• Since the industrial revolution, most people now have comfortable lives without danger.
• A higher number of people now have plentiful food, resources, and medical care, leading to a lower death rate.

EFFECTS

OVER CROWDING

• There's only so much space on earth, and with so many people now living in that space, resources are depleting faster than we can replenish them.
• There are 1billion people living in china alone, and there is barely enough space to build places for people to live.

POLUTION

• With so many people living on earth, a lot of waste is being produced.
• Factories billow smoke into the air, leading to air pollution. Risks of asthma have gone up significantly in the last 20 years.
• More and more landfills are being made to hold all the garbage we throw out.

FOOD AND WATER

• In undeveloped countries, food and water are not abundant. With more and more people being born, supplies become even less abundant.
• If the population was at a sustainable level, there would be enough resources for everyone.

SOLUTIONS

AWARENESS

• A lot of people don't realize how overpopulated the planet is.
• If people knew how crowded the earth was getting, they might do their part to keep the population from rising

PLANNED PARENTHOOD

• Planned parenthood is vital to keep the population from growing. Teen pregnancies in the United States have doubled in the last 50 years.
• China has implemented a one-child law, where families can only have one child each to try and stunt their population.

EDUCATION

• Many poor uneducated workers have large families to help generate income.
• Educating these people would help reduce the need for them to have such large families