Overpopulation

Overpopulation is major issue in our environment. Overpopulation is also related to issues of birth control with some nations using strict measures in order to reduce birth rates, while religious and ideological opposition to birth control has been cited as a factor contributing to overpopulation and poverty.

Once a country has industrialized and become wealthy, a combination of government regulation and technological innovation causes pollution to decline substantially, even as the population continues to grow.Deforestation and loss of ecosystems that sustain global atmospheric oxygen and carbon dioxide balance; about eight million hectares of forest are lost each year.

Deforestation and desertification can be reversed by adopting property rights, and this policy is successful even while the human population continues to grow

High infant and child mortality High rates of infant mortality are caused by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities have low rates of infant mortality. Famine is aggravated by poverty. Rich countries with high population densities do not have famine.Poverty coupled with inflation in some regions and a resulting low level of capital formation.

Poverty and inflation are aggravated by bad government and bad economic policies. Many countries with high population densities have eliminated absolute poverty and keep their inflation rates very low.

Conflict over scarce resources and crowding, leading to increased levels of warfare. These facts are from the Wiklepedia site. This is just the tip of the iceberg. We must become more aware to make better decisions.