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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.
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 .
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
The American Housing Survey is conducted by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) every two years. [2] A 2007 literature review conducted for HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research found that the most commonly used measures of overcrowding are persons-per-room or persons-per-bedroom. [3]
The charity promotes positive, voluntary measures to achieve a sustainable human population size that enables everyone to have a decent quality of life while safeguarding our natural environment. The United Nations projects that global population size will reach 9.7 billion in the year 2050 and 10.9 in 2100, [ 6 ] which illustrates the urgency ...
Population Balance was founded by David Paxson [3] [4] [5] as World Population Balance in 1993. [1] He was succeeded as the executive director in 2016 by Dave Gardner. [6] [7] In 2021 Nandita Bajaj became executive director and the organization adopted its current name of Population Balance and a new vision, mission, and philosophy.
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]
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."