Are eight billion people too many for this vast planet?
This is a question that has been troubling planners in the face of a growing population. But according to scientists, a bigger problem is the excessive use of resources by the rich.
According to the French news agency AFP, the head of the United Nations Population Fund, Natalia Kanem, says that although reaching the milestone of 8 billion people is a very historic moment for humanity, it is also a cause of concern for many people.
On November 15, the world's population will reach 8 billion, but are these creatures too many compared to the resources on the planet?
According to most experts, this is not a question of population growth, but rather of a limited class occupying more and more resources.
Joel Cohen, a biologist at the Population Laboratory at the Rockefeller University in the United States, says that the natural limits of the planet and the desires of humans are two points that must be taken into account in order to find an answer to the question of how many human resources are available on earth. are enough for
'We are foolish and greedy'
Human desires cause overuse of biological resources such as forests and land that cannot be regenerated fast enough. For example, due to excessive use of biofuels, carbon dioxide emissions are also increasing, which is a major cause of temperature rise.
"We are fools," says biologist Joel Cohen. We lack foresight. We are greedy. We do not use the information that we have.
American researcher Jennifer Sciuba says that the reason for the impact of humans on the earth is not their number, but their behavior.
It is because of me and you. The air conditioning that I enjoy, the swimming pool that I have in my house and the meat that I eat every night, all these elements cause a lot of damage to the earth.
According to United Nations estimates, the world's population will reach 9.7 billion by the year 2050.
According to 'Project Drawdown', an organization working on climate change, education and family planning i.e. population control are among the solutions to the problems of global warming.
According to Project Drawdown, reduction in demand for energy, transportation, food and other resources can only be possible through sustainable resources and reduced population.
Vanessa Perez of the World Resources Institute, a think tank, agrees that every new human being born increases the burden on resources, but says the problem is not the number of people, but 'distribution and equity'. Is.
Biologist Joel Cohen has also been raising the same point that if the resources on earth are enough to provide food for 8 billion people, yet there are 80 million people who are suffering from food shortage.
