Overpopulation

expected to reach 9.3 billion by 2050! The impact of population growth is

already felt by a majority of nations. The U.S. population has increased by 78%

since 1950. Growing at 3,000,000 per year, U.S. population is expected to

approach half a billion people in 50 years1. A number of factors drive this

growth. At the most basic level, it is because far more people are born each

year than die. Advances in nutrition and health care have increased survival

rates and longevity for much of the world, and shifted the balance between

The demands of increasing population magnify demands for natural resources,

clean air and water, as well as access to wilderness areas. In the future, when

there are not enough resources to go around, we will see significant scarcity,

and a backlash of poverty. A number of problems lie behind scarcity and poverty.

Ultimately, our own numbers, and the lifestyles many of us choose to live, drive

all the critical issues we confront. Left unchecked, the combination of

population growth and consumption- along with increasing inequity between rich

and poor individuals and nations-will soon threaten not only the we

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