Over the last half century the population of the world has exploded. At the time of writing there are seven billion people on the planet and this number is projected to grow in a short period of time.

Of all of the environmental challenges facing the planet today overpopulation is one that sometimes slips under the radar. Issues like pollution, climate change and water shortages all seem to take precedence, but overpopulation is one of the main contributors to many other environmental issues.

Overpopulation will place great demands on resources and land, leading to widespread environmental issues in addition to impacting global economies and standards of living.

The issue is compounded by the difficulty in providing solutions for this problem and misunderstanding of the causes and effects of overpopulation.

Here we will cover both causes and effects of overpopulation in order for you to have a more informed view of the risks that come with it.

Overpopulation or a chronic victim, population explosion is a statistical state whereby the number of an organism exceeds the resistance of its habitat. In general terms, the term usually refers to the relationship between the number of people and the environment, the Earth. The population load depends not only on the size or density of the population, but on the proportion of the population with resources can be maintained, on resource use measures and the distribution used by that population. If for an environment of 10 people, but only enough water and food for 9, then in a closed system where there is no commercial relationship, that environment is overpopulated; if the population is 100 but there is enough food, shelter and water for 200 people for an unlimited future, then it is not an overpopulation. Population overcrowding can result from increased fertility, a decline in mortality due to health development, an increase in immigration, or an unsustainable biome population and depletion. resources. Very sparsely populated areas may also experience chronic victims, which may or may not be capable of sustaining human life, for example in the heart of the Sahara or Antarctic Desert. Resources considered when evaluating whether an ecosystem is overpopulated include clean water, air, food, shelter, warmth, and other resources necessary to sustain life. . If the quality of human life is considered, other resources such as medical care, education, proper treatment of waste water and waste can be considered. Overpopulation places put pressure on life-sustaining resources, leading to a decline in quality of life.Steve Jones, head of the biology department at the University of London, said, " people are 10,000 times more people than there should be, according to the rules of the animal kingdom, and fortunately we have agriculture. Without agriculture, the world's population is probably less than half Some nations have sought to increase their resilience using modern techniques such as agriculture, desalination, and nuclear.