Folks , today’s blog is based on how adversely overpopulation affects our environment. Firstly , to define overpopulation, it is a state wherein a species population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of its environment. Some of the leading causes that lead to overpopulation are usually an increase in births , a decline in the mortality rate , an increase in immigration and an unsustainable biome. World population has been rising continuously since the end of the Black Death, around the year 1350. The fastest doubling of the world population happened between 1950 and 1986: a doubling from 2.5 to 5 billion people in 37 years, mainly due to medical advancements and increases in agricultural productivity. One of the most obvious ways to decrease population is for people to have fewer children. For instance , the ‘one – child policy’ was adopted by the government in China to control the population.
The term one – child policy refers to a population planning initiative in China implemented between 1980 and 2015 to curb the country’s population growth by restricting many families to a single child. A great way to control overpopulation in different countries would be for the government to offer tax incentives to families who have fewer children and can fund health programs so that fewer children die in infancy , eventually leading people in developing countries to have fewer children. Other ways to control overpopulation are culling , translocation or even manipulation of the reproductive capability. The growth of a population may be limited by environmental factors such as food supply or predation. With population expanding at the pace that it is expanding at , the world will eventually become overcrowded. Population density will increase and global warming , rising tides and an increased severity of weather will cause the amount of viable land to decrease.
India’s populations is estimated to surpass that of China by mid 2023 making it the worlds most populous country.
