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I'm resurrecting this thread because it seems (without knowing it) as a mother-thread for many current (2008) issues.
So... overpopulation. Human overpopulation is characterized by depletion of natural resources and facilities due to population size. In any given environment, there is a sustainability point; a population limit which exists naturally in any environment.
Currently, the planet Earth has about 6.5 billion humans living on it (projected to reach 7 billion before 2011, and 8 billion before 2024), and the number of starvation deaths sits at somewhere around 4.6 million so far in 2008.
The question: can we lower this starvation rate drastically without slowing or stopping our rate of population growth? Will we?
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