What should all of the world's governments do to stop overpopulation in the world?

by **RichardGuenette** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:20 am

There are going to be consequences to overpopulation:high rates of crime, famine, diseases, a lack of adequate fresh water, high infant mortality rates, widespread poverty in the world etc. Overpopulation is already happening. Should the governments in every nation establish clinics that distribute condoms and other birth control devices (as a way to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS and STDs)????

Should the governments abolish classed society (instead of haviong a ridiculous rich and poor gap), allowing all people in the world to get the same things as everyone else?

Should the governments in every nations (in rural areas) construct eco villages/communes to house the homeless without charging them any money (barter system)?

by **dpir2013500** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:30 am

Give it time. It's been 60 years since our last world war, we're probably overdue. The last one killed 50+ million people, with advances in weaponry, we should easily be able to double, triple or even quadruple that number.

by **Ivan667358** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:36 am

Eco villages? Communes? Isn't that what they've already got in the 3rd world? Our hi tech, polluting big cities do a great job keeping the population down - just look at how all of the richest countries have such low birth rates.

Giving people educational opportunities and ridding their countries of people with stone-age philosophies is the way forward. Your answer involves turning the clock back a few hundred years and utilizing the thoroughly discredited communist ideals of the 20th Century. Communism was a disaster for the world because it tries to turn human beings into something they aren't. Two million years of evolution can't be re-written by extremist political nutjobs.

by **katie30422** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:37 am

they should castrate and sterilise the men and women who, do not contribute to society (in cases of the western world ie those who are contributing to broken britain, the lay abouts and chavs. national service will prevent the problem of teen pregnancies and street crime) and in developing countries they should do the same in terms of preventing pregnancies until, they have a stable enough society to bring children in to. but, human rights, i'm afraid, gets in the way of logic!!

by **colossus** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:39 am

I think it ranks right up their as being of the highest priority, I don't know what or how they should implement this, but I agree that there should be a limited amount of children you could have, it would solve so many problems women spit out children by the thousands and they are the ones that can least take care of them which leaves the state to do it they make a living out of having children their is only so many jobs only so much land to live on if it isn;t addressed soon we will be living in cubicles like they do in japan and other over populated country's

by **michaelw491** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:48 am

Nature will do it itself. Already millions in Africa are suffering from starvation This will happen to many countries that cannot feed themselves. India could be the next victim and even China despite all its recourse's. The world relies on land and water for food both of which are getting scarcer every day.

by **orangesky084** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:07 am

we won't have long to worry once Iran and North Korea start dropping nukes and other countries retaliate with more nukes.

by **KarinC932** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:14 am

Richard, there is a means of taking a big bite out of the birth-rate of developing nations, and reducing the birth-rate among the most impoverished people in the developed nations. It's absolutely non-coercive and in every instance in which it's been tried, it's worked.

What is this miracle method? Very simple: increase the access of women to educational service by encouraging education of female children, and by providing access to post-childhood education for adult women.

Every single study that's been done shows that where the education level of women in a population increases, the birthrate decreases. The more access women have to childhood education and post-childhood education, the more likely they are to postpone childbearing and have fewer children.

When increased access to education for women is coupled with increased economic opportunity by removing obstacles to the hiring and employment of women and accomodating needs to combine family care with employment, the reduction in the birthrate is even more dramatic. Women who have access to education and to economic opportunities, who are supported in employment and entrepreneurial opportunities, simply do not have as many kids as women who don't have access and opportunity.

If you combine increased access to education and employment for women with easier access to voluntary family planning services, you'll drastically reduce the birthrate. And the return on investment in education and opening employment opportunities can be astounding in terms of increased GNP.

That's what I would do to stop overpopulation: increase education and employment opportunties for women, and support women in entrepreneurial opportunties.

by **pootfart3621** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:25 am

If the world continue on it's current path they end up blowing each up and the population will be eliminated by some nuclear explosions.

by **FriarTimothy216** on Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:31 am

Enforce one child per female and endorse the gay lifestyle !

What should all of the world's governments do to stop overpopulation in the world?