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By Jan van Weeren Last month, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) presented its report The Power of Choice, declaring that every woman should have the right to decide freely and responsibly whether, when and how often to have children. This right complies with article 16 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) stating …
Now available for free: the Human Overpopulation Atlas, written as an extended master thesis by João L.R. Abegão, University of Porto, Portugal. The lengthy digital Atlas (almost 500 pages with many figures) gives an excellent and up to date overview of practically all the issues associated with the concept of overpopulation; therefore it can be seen as the first comprehensive textbook on the topic.
Peter Blok Many people consider sharing wealth a moral obligation.When sharing wealth results from moral obligations, it is justified to ask who will benefit from it. In different terms: how do you share your wealth most effectively? To get rid of it indiscriminately is, to our opinion, an answer that runs contrary to moral considerations.
What seems to be the problem? the doctor asks. Headache, sore throat, diarrhoea, nausea? What is giving you the most trouble? What will we do first? I have aspirin for your head and throat pain, then there is Norit for your diarrhoea and you can take antiemetics for nausea. You tell me.
Emeritus professor Bernard van Praag recently argued that we should soon have more children in Europe (see: Telegraaf [Dutch daily newspaper] 7-9). He stated that on average fewer children are born than people die, as a result of which the population is aging.
The new UNICEF Generation 2030 / Africa report has been published and it shows that the population explosion there is continuing unabated.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 09:19
Statement Overpopulation
World population growth in combination with an increasing personal consumption on a planet with finite supplies and nearly depleted resources will lead to the destruction of nature, diseases, natural disasters, hunger, armed conflicts and migration flows beyond control.
The World Trade Organisation wants to protect farmers in developing countries against cheap food imports. Countries are allowed to increase their import duties if imports of a specific agricultural product have increased by more than forty percent.
Fallow deer in Waterleidingduinen are dying in great numbers. According to Vereniging Het Edelhert [Red Deer Association], the population is too large and there is too little food available. Jan Paulides of the Association is very concerned about the future.
Sunday, 10 June 2018 12:31
Rely less on the state and do not extend your life unnecessarily
Tarō Asō, the current Japanese Minister of Finance, does not beat around the bush. More than any other country, Japan is buckling under the pressure of an aging population. Everyone realises that if the number of young people increases (either by birth or by immigration) to care for older people, it will only aggravate the elderly problem in the longer term. Minister Asō, who also serves as the vice premier, turns the problem around. His question is not how we can keep all those older people alive for longer, but rather why are we obliged to keep all those elderly…
World population
