Sustainable Population Policies

Paper Summary:

In this paper, the writer examines the environmental impact of population, consumption, and current international population policies, while outlining a plan to decrease population and mitigate human environmental impact. The planned outlined includes a worldwide two-child policy, in addition to increased education, family planning access, and gender equality. The writer maintains that human self-restraint is the key to a thriving, inhabitable Earth and that, through self-restraint, we can live harmoniously on the Earth for centuries to come.

Table of Contents:
Environmental Impact of Population
Consumerism
Current Failing Population Policies
Sustainable Population Policies
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Developed and developing countries have a host of uniquely different population dilemmas. Economically developed industrious countries such as the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and Northern and Western Europe are increasingly exploiting the natural resources in developing countries in order to satisfy ever-increasing conspicuous consumer societies. While heightened demand for "throw away" material goods increases, developing countries are forced to deplete their natural resources for economic survival in the global marketplace."

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