EASSY ON POPULATION EXPLOSION WITH QUOTATIONS FOR CLASS 10 & 12
POPULATION EXPLOSION
“Democracy cannot survive overpopulation. Human dignity cannot survive it. Convenience and decency cannot survive it. As you put more and more people into the world, the value of life not only declines, but it disappears. It doesn’t matter if someone dies.”
Population is growing at a terribly fast pace. Statistical data predict if population goes on increasing at the present pace, there will only be enough room on the earth for people to stand on. Population has increased tremendously in the last few decades. Almost all the specialists in different fields agree that population increase is very harmful to the progress and prosperity of people living on this planet.
“The wealthy nations and wealthy consumers have, of course, the greatest impact, but sheer numbers do count. There are ways that we can stabilize the human population without unpleasantly imposed restrictions, namely with universal women’s rights, education and available contraception.”
Increase in population is because of many factors. The most important factor is ignorance of the people. They do not know what hazards are posed by a rapid increase in population. They have no idea that, in the long run, it will affect their life standard and overall progress of the country. But now, their concern for their health and hygiene has increased much. They are more cautious. Better cure and treatment is available. In the two World Wars, millions of people were killed. This led to reduction in population of the countries which were engaged in the war. Now geographical wars are going on but there are totally effect on the world’s population is not so significant.
“Whether we accept it or not, this will likely be the century that determines what the optimal human population is for our planet. It will come about in one of two ways:
Either we decide to manage our own numbers, to avoid a collision of every line on civilization's graph - or nature will do it for us, in the form of famines, thirst, climate chaos, crashing ecosystems, opportunistic disease, and wars over-dwindling resources that finally cut us down to size.”
Increase in population is much higher in under-developed countries. Here schools, colleges, and hospitals are few and far between. There are no modern facilities or opportunities for people to rise in life. People are superstitious and narrow minded. Towns and cities are polluted and the government officials are often corrupt.
“The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man and woman-and each nation-must make decisions of conscience and policy in the face of this great problem.”
Our planet Earth has a limited carrying capacity. The resources available on our planet are for a finite number of people only. An increase in the number of population can lead to fewer resources for the globe’s population. Overpopulation, therefore, is an undesirable condition where the number of the existing human population exceeds the actual carrying capacity of Earth.
“Short of nuclear war itself, population growth is the gravest issue the world faces. If we do not act, the problem will be solved by famine, riots, insurrection and war.”
Imagine a car that has a limited seating capacity of 5 people. It can accommodate one more person which will create an undesirable situation for other passengers sitting in the car as each once of them will have to leave a small space for another person. Now, what if a couple of more people decide to board the same car. Even if they too accommodate themselves in the same car, the car will eventually break down after some time as it is carrying people beyond its carrying capacity. Now, replace the car with our planet Earth and passengers in the car with the enormous number of people on this planet and think how far this planet would sustain if we keep on adding more and more people on this planet which already has a fewer number of resources. Overpopulation is a serious environmental concern.
“The human overpopulation issue is the topic I see as the most vital to solve if our children and grandchildren are to have a good quality of life.”
It is the need of hour to take steps to reduce the rate of population growth. Rapid growth of the population is going to usurp all our resources. Overpopulation mars the efforts of the planners. No development programme can be enforced effectively without a check on the growth of the population. It is better to have fewer well-educated, prosperous persons than to have hordes of uneducated and unskilled persons.
“This growing poverty in the midst of a growing population constitutes a permanent menace to peace. And not only to peace but also to democratic institutions and personal liberty For overpopulation is not compatible with freedom.”
Islam presents a totally different view. It does not put a check on population growth. It encourages us to exploit natural resources for the betterment of the whole human race. However, according to the Quran, there comes a natural gap between the births of children if the mother feeds her baby for two years.
“Ozone depletion, lack of water, and pollution are not the disease they are the symptoms. The disease is overpopulation and unless we face world population head-on. We are doing nothing more than sticking a Band-aid on a fast-growing cancerous tumor.”
– Dan Brown
We can stop the rapid increase in population through awareness programmes that include educating the people about the dangers of our population, giving people incentives for family planning, and introducing laws that put checks and balances on the birth of more than two children. The most important thing is the desire among the individuals to limit the size of their families, and that can only be cultivated through education and reeducation.
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