China, with an eye on the extreme increase in its population – it rose from 600,000,000 in 1967 to 1,400.000.000 in 2010 – brought in a stringent one child per family. This policy has had the desired effect. the population has stabilised and had a slight decline to 1,300,000,000.
A billion and a third is still far too many. But China has relaxed the regulations to allow two children per family. They are focussed on the economic factors.
A View: The simple fact is that there are far too many human beings on this planet. We have to take drastic measures to reduce the numbers. We are having too profound an effect on the wilderness areas and wild-life. We need to limit our numbers or nature will do it for us.
There is no need to adopt such stringent measures as China – reducing family size to two children would be effective.
The economic argument for growth and an ageing population does not hold water. Growth cannot continue at this pace without destroying the planet. We have to sensibly control our numbers and find solutions to the problems of an ageing population. They are not insurmountable.
China took bold and effective measures. The rest of the world (particularly Africa, India and the Arab nations) need to follow suit. The uncontrolled population increase is fuelling the unemployment, poverty and migration crises.
Population control is the major problem facing mankind. The population explosion is what is causing most of the world’s problem.
For the sake of the planet we need to address it!
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