how the world population is growing
"In an age when man has forgotten
his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water
along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference."
-- Rachel Carson
-- Rachel Carson
We can define natural resources simply by this
small sentence “The resources collected from nature is called natural
resources”.
These natural resources are very essential for
our survival and every country has some unique natural resources such as oil,
gas, water etc. From the beginning of the human civilizations, we began to use
natural resources for our own sake. Therefore, natural resources are very much
important to us for doing our daily necessary things, for developing our
infrastructure, developing country as well as technology. There are two types
of natural resources renewable and non-renewable. The proper use of these
resources can ensure thrive of the world.
the picture shows how natural resources are decreasing
This world got its 7 billionth population on
the 31 St October 2011.The people of the world are growing very fast in the
recent years especially in the Asian part of the world as half of the
population of the world is in this area. Does large population create pressure
on natural resources? Of course, large population creates huge pressure on
natural resources especially on the non-renewable resources. Thus, our non-renewable natural resources are being depleted very quickly and recent
statistics can clarify how quickly it is getting vanished. Though rich
countries have less population, they consume more resources for their
development for instances the U.S.A has 5% of the world population they consume
30% of the world resources. Only 25% of the people live in developed countries
but they consume more than 80% of the natural resources of the world and rest
75% people use only 20 % of the natural resources. Some countries like China, India,
Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Japan etc. all are from Asia. These people
are exploiting natural resources for collecting their basic things, for
developing technology and for developing technology. If a country’s population
is large, it needs a large amount of resources for its population. As the world
population is getting larger, it is consuming more natural resources such as
land, oil, fresh water. We can see from the statistics that how fast the world
population is growing---
shows the environmental pollution and other problems
As natural resources are depleting very
rapidly, this may create a far-reaching impact on the environment and the economy.
Some of the countries are facing the worst impact from the very beginning of
this century. Frequent cyclone, tornado, flood, earthquake and drought are the
major problems that appeared in most of the countries recently. Hurricane
Catrina, Rita hit the U.S.A, some regions of India are turning into desert,
melting of polar ice and rise of sea level are the direct or the indirect
negative impact of overuse of natural resources like oil, gas, drinking water,
minerals and so on. However, large population can also be a very good resource as
the one the other natural resources if we can use it properly for example Japan
used their population. This population used their optimum capabilities with
minimum natural resources and making proper use of natural resources to make
them one of the richest countries in the world. Therefore, handling population in
the correct way can alleviate economic as well as social inefficiency and
scarcity of resources.
The population problem is a big issue but
there are other factors, which are creating problems. The other major factors
may be sophistication in technology, deforestation, intense competition etc.
Different companies are now using high technology to boost up their profit and
people are using technology to maintain their daily life but they use a huge
amount of resources for it that is 2% of the energy is used for internet use,
which equals to 30 billion watts. This energy directly or indirectly comes from
nature. It is just a small part of the technology. The overall view of
consumption of natural resources for technological purpose is overwhelming. We
are cutting down trees and deforesting indiscriminately especially the
rainforests. These types of activities are harmful for the human being and
other species. Many animals, birds, and other wild lives have been perished and
are being disappeared. Some birds and animals are losing their nesting places.
This also creates ecological imbalance and jeopardizes environment by creating
cyclone, storm, high temperature and other problems. Intense competition abets
to reduce natural resources. People use natural resources indiscriminately when
they get involved in intense competition. This competition may be country-to-country
or company to company. People use huge natural resources for living luxurious
life and rich country use most of the natural resources of the world.
Excessive use of nitrogen reduces soil’s productivity.
Overconsumption of natural resources may be boomerang for us because the
environment might take revenge in future. Some of the effects are recent
cyclone, drought, and rise of sea level and so on. If we are not conscious of
the non-renewable and renewable resources, we will make a great mistake and
endanger for our existences. Most importantly, natural resources provide us with
foods, materials and energy. If we consume all of our reserved and limited
resources, our next generation will face extreme shortage of foods and energy.
8.5% of the world’s forests have been chopped and this is reducing biodiversity
of the world. Moreover, we will face meagerness of fresh drinking water and
some low-lying countries will go under seawater within the next century. Some
of the medicines come from nature. Therefore, deforestation will interrupt it
seriously.
There are many things to do to solve this
problem. This is a global problem, so joint effort is very urgent for solving
this problem and rich countries like The U.S.A, Canada and industrially
developing countries like India; china etc. should help one another to Cooperate
and solve this problem. Stopping deforestation, decreasing population, and
assuring proper use of resources are the main tools for reserving natural
resources. Moreover, recycling any product, which is possible, and using
filterer will help. We can go for the renewable resources like solar and wind
power as alternatives to non-renewable resources. In addition, global awareness
is necessary.
Above all, some policies to reduce population
pressure and awareness among people are necessary for the best result. Thus, we
can express solidarity with the quote of Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
“We must alert and organize the world's
people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root
causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful
consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation
underlie every environmental problem we face today.”
-- Jacques-Yves Cousteau
-- Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Stop cutting trees
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