I think governments should do their best to control the number of children have. Here l shall say why I s believe this Many people argue parents should decide how many children they bring into the world. The right to have children os a fundamental one recognised in every country. Whlist I agree parents should have the right to bear children and l think children ara generally wonderful, l do not accept that parents alone should decide how many children have. The world is, in my opinion, overpopulated. The population of the planet is projected by United Nations to grow by about 40% over the next 40-50 years. Since environmental degradation due to human activity is already so sever and the natural resources of the world are almost certainly insufficient for all of us to have the high standart of living so many people are aiming for, we have to make decisions on the issue of population growth. We could continue as we have always done- to increase human population and continue to use more resources for capita. Some would argue that this choice is perfectly reasonable. Throughout human history we have been able to support larger human populations through technological advancements. We have been also able to migrate, from first humans to keave Africa to the mass migration to the United States in more recent centuries However, relying on technological advancement is dangerous. If we suddenly discover that we are unable to solve overpopulation through technology, the results are likely to be catastropic, especially given the range of weapons many govenments have. Relying on migrations is also something that could cause great problems. As the environment becomes degrated in some areas and populatipns become too large, people will try to gey better places, putting great strain on those countries that migrants head to. The solution, it seems to me, is limit population drastically. There will be difficulties such as male famale imbalance and smaller future workforce. However l feel that those are smaller problems than the one we are likely to face because of population growth.
I
think
governments
should do their best to control the number of
children
have. Here l shall say why I s believe this
Many
people
argue parents should decide how
many
children
they bring into the world. The right to have
children
os
a fundamental one
recognised
in every country.
Whlist
I
agree
parents should have the right to bear
children
and l
think
children
ara
generally
wonderful, l do not accept that parents alone should decide how
many
children
have. The world is, in my opinion, overpopulated. The
population
of the planet
is projected
by United Nations to grow by about 40% over the
next
40-50 years. Since environmental degradation due to
human
activity is already
so
sever and the natural resources of the world are almost
certainly
insufficient for all of us to have the high
standart
of living
so
many
people
are aiming for, we
have to
make
decisions on the issue of
population
growth. We could continue as we have always done- to increase
human
population
and continue to
use
more resources for
capita
.
Some
would argue that this choice is
perfectly
reasonable. Throughout
human
history we have been able to support larger
human
populations
through technological advancements. We have been
also
able to migrate, from
first
humans
to
keave
Africa to the mass migration to the United States in more recent centuries
However
, relying on technological advancement is
dangerous
. If we
suddenly
discover that we are unable to solve overpopulation through technology, the results are likely to be
catastropic
,
especially
given
the range of weapons
many
govenments
have. Relying on migrations is
also
something that could cause great problems. As the environment becomes
degrated
in
some
areas and
populatipns
become too large,
people
will try to
gey
better places, putting great strain on those countries that migrants head to. The solution, it seems to me, is limit
population
drastically
. There will be difficulties such as male
famale
imbalance and smaller future workforce.
However
l feel that those are smaller problems than the one we are likely to face
because
of
population
growth.