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  2. Human overpopulation - Wikipedia

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    Human overpopulation (or human population overshoot) is the idea that human populations may become too large to be sustained by their environment or resources in the long term. The topic is usually discussed in the context of world population , though it may concern individual nations, regions, and cities.

  3. Human population planning - Wikipedia

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    Birth control – Method of preventing human pregnancy; Eugenics – Effort to improve purported human genetic quality; Human overpopulation – Proposed condition wherein human numbers exceed the carrying capacity of the environment; List of population concern organizations; Malthusianism – Idea about population growth and food supply

  4. List of population concern organizations - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of organisations who promote a moderation of the size of the human population. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .

  5. Voluntary Human Extinction Movement - Wikipedia

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    The group states that a decrease in the human population would prevent a significant amount of human-caused suffering. The extinctions of non-human species and the scarcity of resources caused by humans are frequently cited by the group as evidence of the harm caused by human overpopulation.

  6. The Population Bomb - Wikipedia

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    Graph of human population from 10,000 BC to 2017 AD. It shows the extremely rapid growth in the world population since the eighteenth century. The Population Bomb was written at the suggestion of David Brower, the executive director of the environmentalist Sierra Club, and Ian Ballantine of Ballantine Books following various public appearances Ehrlich had made regarding population issues and ...

  7. Overshoot (population) - Wikipedia

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    The Global Footprint Network purports to be able to measure how much the human economy demands against what the Earth can renew. [13] [14] The Optimum Population Trust (now called Population Matters) has listed what they believe is the overshoot (overpopulation) of a number of countries, based on the above. [15]

  8. Overpopulation - Wikipedia

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    Overpopulation or overabundance is a state in which the population of a species is larger than the carrying capacity of its environment.This may be caused by increased birth rates, lowered mortality rates, reduced predation or large scale migration, leading to an overabundant species and other animals in the ecosystem competing for food, space, and resources.

  9. 7 Billion Actions - Wikipedia

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    The 7 Billion Actions Campaign centers on highlighting individuals and organizations making a significant impact and creating innovative solutions in the 7 key issues identified as most imperative for the growing global population. [7] Poverty and Inequality: Breaking the Cycle "Reducing poverty and inequality also slows population growth."