Overpopulation bigger risk than climate, says UNESCO scientist
The recently appointed chief of sustainable water resources development for UNESCO says that the growing human population poses a greater risk to the planet than climate change.
Professor Shahbaz Khan observed that while climate change is only one problem – albeit not a trivial one – population growth is a more urgent crisis because we are unlikely to have the land, food, or water resources to support the future population. Khan pointed out that the price of rice in Thailand has quadrupled over the last 4 years, and India has banned rice exports in a drive to ensure sufficient supplies for its own people.
Overpopulation, while clearly an element in virtually every human-related crisis on the planet – rising food and energy prices, pollution, deforestation, conflicts over resources – is a controversial topic and for that reason goes largely ignored in the political arena.
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7-22-2008 @ 9:21PM
porschedevotee said...
People don't seem to realize that this is central to other global problems we are facing currently. More posts on thsi topic, please :)
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7-23-2008 @ 10:34AM
Intelligence Research Network said...
Very good to see you speaking up about the number one problem - OverPopulation.
'To bring the problem into proper focus, we need to take account of three interrelated factors: overpopulation, the existence of a taboo against acknowledgement and the inability of government to tackle the matter.
Intelligence Research Network is an Actual State of the World Advisory, which places emphasis on the growing need for awareness to be drawn to the problems directly attributable to overpopulation in the real word, that is, not in the theoretical world of statistics and percentages. IRN's principal task is to bring awareness to the problem of overpopulation at all levels of society, regardless of national borders and religious taboos.'
The above is an excerpt of IRN's 'Overpopulation: Brief Overview and Possible Creative Development':
Further info from: study.irn@virgin.net.
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7-23-2008 @ 3:21PM
Chad said...
"Overpopulation, while clearly an element in virtually every human-related crisis on the planet – rising food and energy prices, pollution, deforestation, conflicts over resources – is a controversial topic and for that reason goes largely ignored in the political arena"
because it leads us down the slippery slope of "population control" i.e. population reduction. Who gets to decide who are "fit" to have children? Could this lead to forced sterilization? What after that? I believe a man named Hitler went down the same path. I am truly worried that in the not to distant future numerous human rights abuses and atrocities will be committed in the name of radical environmentalism.
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