Population- the inhabitants of a given area, but perhaps most importantly, the human inhabitants of the Earth (numbering about 5.4 billion in 1992), Who by their increasing numbers and corresponding increasing needs can seriously affect the global ecosystem.

"The idea that population growth is the key cause of ecological problems is extremely commonplace. Truth."(Dean Fraser, The People Problem). Capitalism is the main cause of both overpopulation and ecological crisis. Population growth, far from being the cause of poverty, is in fact the result of it. Obviously, immediately provide better education and access to contraceptives across the planet as wel

growth. Today mankind reaches a new milestone, 6 billion people living on the Earth. Too bad so many are malthusian declinists, who regard all human beings as destroyers of the planet. When people are educated to the benefits of limiting family sizes, they respond with lower birth rates. Education, coupled with economics pressure, will end overpopulation problem and ease many of the other problems faced by today's society.

Davis, Kingsley. Resources, Environment and Population. (1991).

As the world enters the new millenium, it faces many challenges, but perhaps none so important or as urgent as the need to quickly slow population

l as raising " the elite" by keeping the cost of labor". To see such developments as primary causes of population growth is to ignore the central role played by poverty, the disruption of cultural patterns, and the need for cheap labor due to capitalism"(Murray Bookchin).

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