Overpopulation is the excessive number of people in a certain place.
Overpopulation is the excessive number of individuals present in a certain space. The phenomenon causes various imbalances in the environment and can affect habitat conditions.
Regarding human overpopulation , it is linked to a very high rate of population density : that is, many people live in a territorial area that is small to accommodate so many people. Overpopulation affects the quality of life and generates problems in the environment, putting sustainability or sustainability at risk.
Example of overpopulation
Let's look at a simplified example to understand what overpopulation is. Suppose that, in a country that produces and imports food for 1,000 people , there are 3,000 individuals living there. Overpopulation, in this case, means that many people will have problems accessing food .
On the other hand, it is likely that the individuals living in the area generate an amount of waste greater than the level that the locality can assimilate and process. Over time, in this way, overpopulation causes malnourished citizens and increased pollution .
The resources
To understand what overpopulation is, you have to know that the resources of a territory are limited and that it can only support or tolerate a certain “pressure” or “burden” .
An excessive level of population causes resources to become insufficient to satisfy the needs of all people and the territory is no longer in a position to achieve the renewal of said resources.
In India, overpopulation is a major problem.
Overpopulation and birth controls
There are countries that, to avoid overpopulation, resort to different birth control policies , limiting the number of births and preventing people from reproducing freely. Although human beings consider that animals are inferior to us, they know how to control their birth rates without help from anyone, without depending on an imposition, while we can reach extremes of unsustainable poverty and pollution and not even be able to make the decision to stop reproducing.
The case of India is one of the most resonant worldwide. By 2015 it had the goal of reducing its birth rate, but it did not succeed; Only half of its states managed to reduce the number of children per mother to two, while in the largest states with the worst economic situation, such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar , women go through an average of four births in their lives.
Seen from another perspective, if India 's situation does not improve in terms of overpopulation, by 2030 it will have become the country with the largest number of inhabitants in the world, leaving China in second place , which is always taken as a reference point. when talking about this problem . As mentioned in previous paragraphs, overpopulation entails a series of consequences that go beyond the simple excess of people, such as pollution and the excessive burden on social services.
Sterilization
One of the most controversial measures to combat overpopulation is sterilization , something that demonstrates our lack of control and social awareness. It is difficult to understand the level of disconnection that so many people have with their planet, the lack of sensitivity and good sense that leads them to reproduce excessively and that forces the authorities to devise plans as definitive and unnatural as altering the organism of their population.
Machismo , always reigning, is reflected in the alarming proportion of women and men who have undergone sterilization in India: 37% versus 1% . As if this were not enough, given that the State offers financial incentives to clinics if they carry out a certain number of interventions per day, many women are deceived and operated on against their will, especially the poor and illiterate.