It is a prominent must-know information. the Earth's population is increasing at a dramatic rate. 7 billion people , with limited resources, this video is the 2nd part of the whole programme, named 'Horizon: How many people can live on Earth' , recorded in 2009, altogether there are 6 parts, all available on youtube. It exposed to us problems like water shortages, lack food supply and energy, and ways to reduce population. Besides China's one child policy, India has also set out measures to reduce population including discectomy/sterilization;A city in South Africa, Kerala has the highest literacy rate in the world. They educate women , in hope to reduce population in that city, and succeeded to delay their marriage age from 18 to 28.
The population has risen dramatically from around 2 bllion in the 1800s to 7 Billion this year. Save the resources, you may have heard it lots of times in your life, but wait till you see the conditions' of the victims' lives. you will know how important the available resources nowaday is, because with current population growth rate, these resources will be scarce. Imagine dwellers of Mexico city, 8th richest city in the world, taking over Hong Kong and Singapore, is experiencing lack on water supply. Some regions rely on water trucks. This water scarcity issue will be a global issue, and it goes the same to other existing natural resources we had.
video link regarding solutions resorted by India and China.
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