The United Nations declared July 11 as World Population Day in 1989 to disseminate information about population-related issues throughout the world. Every year, this day is marked as an urgent issue that focuses on the alarming population growth.
According to the United Nations, this year’s theme is the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fertility. The global population reached the 7 billion mark in 2011, and today it is approximately 7.7 billion.United Nations Believe This population It will grow to around 8.5 billion in 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050, and 10.9 billion in 2100.
Here are some quotes, collected from Save energy in the futureTo raise awareness on this day.
1. “Overpopulation is the root of all environmental problems. If you can control population, you can control almost anything.”-Rinkesh Kukreja, founder of Conserve Energy Future
2. “The biggest obstacle is to confuse abortion with overpopulation. These two things have nothing to do with each other.”-Jacques Yves Cousteau
3. “Of course, wealthy countries and wealthy consumers have the greatest impact, but absolute numbers are really important. We can stabilize the population through some methods without unpleasant restrictions, namely universal women’s rights, education and available contraception Measures.”-Rex Weyler, co-founder of Greenpeace
4. “Excessive (population) growth may reduce the output of each worker, inhibit the living standards of the masses and cause conflicts.”-Confucius, philosopher
5. “If we don’t stop population growth with justice and compassion, it will be done for us naturally, cruelly and without mercy-and will leave a ravaged world.”-Henry W. Kendall
6. “The key issue facing mankind in the next century is how to bring a better quality of life to 8 billion or more people without completely destroying the environment.”-Edward O. Wilson
7. “Only before resource growth and population growth reach a balance, the hungry world can be satisfied. Faced with this big problem, every man, woman and every country must make conscience and policy decisions.” – Linden B. Johnson
8. “Anyone who believes in the unlimited growth of matter on a finite planet is either a lunatic or an economist.” —Kenneth Bolding, Economist
9. “We must stabilize the population. This is only possible when all countries recognize the need to improve social and economic conditions and adopt effective voluntary family planning.” —Lester Millbras
10. “Once, if a race is to survive, people must reproduce offspring. But now, in order to protect the race, people must stop the power of reproduction.”-Helen Keller
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