Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Miss Cook
Competition
October 25 2017
Overpopulation seems to be the black sheep when talking about the Earths future. With
the right precautions and steps the people of Earth can eliminate this problem before having to
take drastic measures. Here are the steps in order to stop overpopulation before it gets out of
hand:
1. Promote birth control/contraceptives and make them easier to access around the globe
2. Offer more information about overpopulation in high school biology classes and display
These five steps will help to stabilize the growth of population around the world. Overpopulation
is no joke and needs to be addressed before people have to take extremes measures. Although, by
To begin with, birth control and contraceptives have been frowned upon in many parts of
The oral contraceptive pill accounts for 34 percent of contraceptive use in the
Netherlands, but only 2 percent in Japan. The intrauterine device provides contraception
for 19 percent of French women, but only 1 percent of U.S. women. Conversely, the
United States has the highest rate of female sterilization in the developed world.
Recognize that most these percentages are not even close to fifty percent. If the United Nations
could get the countries percent to fifty there would not have to be any two child policies put in
place. Superdrug states how in North America has 25.2 percent of people that do not know about
the prevalences of birth control. Additionally, South America has 25.4 percent and Europe has
30.8 percent. The numbers continue to rise with Asia at 32.2 and Africa at 66.6 percent. The
highest contraception used around the world is female sterilization at 19.2 percent. Although no
contraception is at a whopping 36.4 percent. All in all, if the United Nations were to make
contraceptives more aware of that easier to access it would change these statistics tremendously.
Furthermore, by creating awareness of birth control it will allow people to have less
children which results in eliminating the problem of overpopulation. Another way the United
Nations can stop this process is by placing an content standard that displays what overpopulation
is and the affects of it. In biology classes it is already mentioned but the affects of it are not.
Overpopulation effects are briefly mention in high school classes. Carry capacity is one of the
points that are mentioned but air pollution, decrease in natural sources, and habitat loss is not.
With that in mind every student that goes to school will obtain more knowledge about
overpopulation and most importantly the effects of it. Once the effects are taught students will
Now, this next step may seem obscure but it is only for the benefit of stopping this issue
before it becomes out of hand. Classes over sex education needs to be taught in elementary
schools. Most parents will not agree with this but it is the best thing to do for the people of Earth.
By taking this step it will allow children to become fully aware of sex education instead of
looking it up on the internet later. When it is taught it will give children all the information
(including contraceptives) about sex education and this will decrease the rate of teen
pregnancies. The World Atlas displays that the top three places in the country for teen
pregnancies are in in Africa. If the United Nations could find a way to get conservatives to
Africa it would solve many problems and not just overpopulation. In this quote from Robert
The United Nations now forecasts three billion to 6.1 billion peoplestaggering
numbers. Even conservative estimates, from places such as the International Institute for Applied
Systems Analysis in Austria, now see Africa at 2.6 billion. The U.N. has in recent years
continually raised its midline projection for 2100 world population, from 9.1 billion in a 2004
estimate to 11.2 billion today. Almost all of the unanticipated increase comes from Africa.
In the end, with the help of the United Nations providing sex education to elementary level
students will allow them to know all the options and stop the increase of teen pregnancies.
Following these steps if overpopulation is still continues to pose a threat to society then
the precautions will only continue to get more intense. Additionally, with the help of the United
Nations we could create a tax exempt for parents that have two children or less. In this quote on
Pennlive it emphasises the effect this would have on America and the way parents would take
I would like our government to limit the number of tax deductions per couple to two (if
you have three or more children, you may continue claiming them until theyre 18). Limit
the number of children who get benefits under the welfare program and other programs as
well. Limiting to two deductions would encourage zero population growth, help the
federal deficit, limit other entitlement spending and suggest to other counties to follow
suit. Fewer deductions to help the deficit, but fewer taxpayers hurt the Social Security
ponzi scheme.
This is not like the Chinese government policy of banning more than one child per couple
as an example. Couples are free to have as many children as they wish. This is only
changing the tax deduction to help influence change, bring the problem to light and to
have the biggest impact to slowing or reducing world population and global warming as
well.
In the end, this tax exempt will stress the importance of taking this precautions before it is too
Finally, after all of these measures have been taken and if the world is still in danger then
there is only one option left. We will have to go to the one child policy like China. In 1970
Chinas fertility rate reached a high of 6.3. Although after the one child policy in 2015 the
fertility rate was 1.6 (National Geographic). That is a huge drop considering that recently if you
were an only child between your parents then you are allowed to have two children. China has
decreased there overpopulation rate so much that now they are allowed to loosen up the reigns.
Rwanda has experienced many problems with overpopulation and in the example displays one of
the difficulties.
But in Rwanda, the most densely populated country in Africa, the importation of such
resources has long been limited. Unlike other densely populated countries such as Hong
Kong and Holland, Rwanda's economy at the time of its most infamous genocide, in
1994, depended almost exclusively on its primary production [17]. The country had little
industry, few exports, and little tourism. The price of its most important export, coffee,
had declined steeply just before the genocide [18]. Unlike many Asian countries, Rwanda
also received few remittances from Rwandans working as guest workers abroad [17].
Among the many different explanations for the horrific 1994 Rwandan genocide, the
mentioned [17,19]. A Malthusian check in Rwanda was plausible not only because the
total population was too large, but perhaps more importantly because the rate of
population growth in Rwanda was faster than the capacity of Rwandan society to process
the additional people. As a result, many indicators of development went backwards. The
limited agricultural capacity forced many young men into Kigali, causing a concentration
of young men with few prospects other than what they might gain from violence.
So in the end, many places in the world are having difficulting with overpopulation and with the
help of the United Nations we could end this problem with these steps.
Overall, overpopulation it the elephant in the room when it is mentioned. This problem
needs to be addressed before it gets out of hand. So with the help of the United Nations could
help us get contraceptives to places around the world that do not have them and make
overpopulation more aware in high school biology classes it will change the world for the better.
Also, providing sex education classes for elementary leveled students will allow them to be more
aware of conceptions and decrease teen pregnancies. Finally, by creating a tax exempt for those
parents with two children or less it will emphasis the seriousness of this problem and make
parents understand it. On the other hand, with the help of the United Nations all of these steps
could ultimately change the world and there would be no need to enforce a two child policy.
Although, if we do not take these precautions the world will continue to increase in population,
global warming and decrease in natural resources. In conclusion, with funding for this project the
world would become a safer and cleaner place with no worries of overpopulation or two child
policies.
Works Cited
www.encyclopedia.com/medicine/divisions-diagnostics-and-procedures/medicine/birth-control.
Butler, Colin D. Human Carrying Capacity and Human Health. PLOS Medicine, Public
Library of Science,
journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.0010055.
Reproductive Health: Teen Pregnancy. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Centers
Engelman, Robert. Africa's Population Will Soar Dangerously Unless Women Are More
www.scientificamerican.com/article/africa-s-population-will-soar-dangerously-unless-women-ar
e-more-empowered/.
See How the One-Child Policy Changed China. National Geographic, National Geographic
news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151113-datapoints-china-one-child-policy/.
Superdrug. Birth Control Around the World: Mapping Methods of Contraception | Superdrug,
onlinedoctor.superdrug.com/birth-control-around-the-world/.
Editor, Letters to the. With Overpopulation, Why Give Parents Tax Breaks for More than Two
www.pennlive.com/opinion/2013/10/with_overpopulation_why_give_parents_tax_breaks_for_m
ore_than_two_kids_pennlive_letters.html.
Writer, Test. Highest Teen Pregnancy Rates Worldwide. WorldAtlas, 30 Dec. 2015,
www.worldatlas.com/articles/highest-teen-pregnancy-rates-worldwide.html.
Rubric rating submitted on: 11/13/2017, 11:02:27 PM by danielle.cook@redstreaks.org
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Comments:
Total: 72/100
You do a decent job at explaining the problem at hand. However, the proposal is a little weak.
Part of it is because of the organization and awkward wording. Another part is that there's no
evidence to support that it would work. They need to know they're not wasting their time.
Evidence that sex education leads to fewer pregnancies, increase in birth control availability
impacts an area's population, etc. There were also places where you are misunderstanding MU's
role in everything. The essay overall is not polished and there are some points that need to be
more supported or possibly rearranged. This will need significant revisions.