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    Overpopulation is a major global challenge caused by the Earth's limited resources being unable to support the current human population. The Philippines is experiencing rapid population growth, with its population expected to reach 142 million by 2045. Overpopulation negatively impacts the environment through increased pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It also exacerbates issues like poverty, poor education and health outcomes. Potential solutions include improving access to family planning services and changing cultural attitudes around reproduction through education campaigns.

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    Overpopulation is a major global challenge caused by the Earth's limited resources being unable to support the current human population. The Philippines is experiencing rapid population growth, with its population expected to reach 142 million by 2045. Overpopulation negatively impacts the environment through increased pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. It also exacerbates issues like poverty, poor education and health outcomes. Potential solutions include improving access to family planning services and changing cultural attitudes around reproduction through education campaigns.

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    Overpopulation- A Huge Cause of Unsolved Global Challenges

    “As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and
    multiply in it.” - Genesis 9:7. This is one of the most famous bible verses that many
    people use to reason out why they have to reproduce their own offspring without
    being controlled. Human beings followed this concept until the world population
    reached a number that the earth’s resources cannot support the number of humans
    today. This massive problem is what we call “overpopulation.”How do we define
    overpopulation, first and foremost? "The state of being crowded with overly great
    numbers," according to the Oxford dictionary. That, however, isn't a complete
    description of the condition. Any population where available resources are
    insufficient to sustain the individuals will experience overpopulation. In overpopulated
    ecosystems, food, water, and living space are in short supply (Philippine Statistics
    Authority, n.d.)
    Our country’s population is massively increasing. In 2018, the Philippines had
    a population of 106,651,922 people, up 1,731,922 people from 2017. With a
    population growth rate of 1.72 percent, the Philippines' population is expected to
    reach 142 million by 2045. According to a 2015 survey, 21.6 percent of the Philippine
    population lives below the national poverty threshold, implying that life for the
    poorest of the poor, particularly those living in cities, will only get worse (Arranza,
    2019). In terms of population, Pangasinan (2.43 million people) in Region I (Ilocos) was the
    most populous among the country's 78 provinces. Cebu (2.38 million people), Bulacan (2.23
    million people), Negros Occidental (2.14 million people), and Cavite (2.06 million people)
    were the next most populous provinces. These were the provinces with populations exceeding
    two million. 13 provinces in Luzon, five in Visayas, and three in Mindanao were among the
    21 provinces with populations exceeding one million.
    The problem in overpopulation has a negative impact in our environment.
    Households were determined to be the primary contributors to air and water pollution
    in the Philippines, according to the Environment and Natural Resource Accounting
    Project (ENRAP) (The Effects of Overpopulation in the Philippines - PHDessay.Com,
    2020). As the usage of fossil fuels has risen to maintain industrialized nations,
    human population growth and climate change have gone hand in hand. Higher
    population means more demand for oil, coal, gas, and other underground energy
    sources that release carbon dioxide (CO 2) into the atmosphere when burned,
    trapping warm air inside like a greenhouse. The developed world consumes the
    majority of fossil fuels. It's a sobering concept that when most developing countries
    experience economic growth, they aspire to similar industrial economies, further
    increasing CO2 emissions into the environment.
    Poverty and poor educational and health services are also some effects of
    overpopulation. Close birth spacing, lower levels of nutrition intake, poor nutritional
    status, higher infant mortality, smaller per capita health and food expenditures,
    poorer access to preventive and curative medical care, lower schooling expenditures
    per child, lower grades for children enrolled in school, and lower child intelligence are
    all effects of population growth. It was also mentioned that this set-up is more
    prevalent in families living in poverty.The comparatively high fertility rate has also
    been shown to have an impact on education (The Effects of Overpopulation in the
    Philippines - PHDessay.Com, 2020).
    Based on the facts presented in this paper, we can conclude that
    overpopulation is a serious problem that requires attention. One of the most pressing
    issues that humanity faces today is overpopulation. The overpopulation of humans
    on the earth has an impact on our planet's health and well-being. Overpopulation
    impacts us all because food shortage rises, pollution rises, and global warming
    worsens. With an ever-increasing number of people putting a strain on the planet's
    already limited resources, population growth must be slowed.
    Since we already know the effects of overpopulation, people must be
    persuaded to help in solving this serious problem. We can do this by educating the
    people. If citizens will have knowledge regarding this issue, their behavior towards
    sex and reproduction will possibly changed. Second, government shall improvised
    the existing laws to stop overpopulation such as the Republic Act 6365, otherwise
    known as the “Population Act of 1971.” Lastly, we should make people aware of
    family planning. Because the world's population is rapidly increasing, promoting
    public knowledge about family planning and informing people about the dire
    consequences of overpopulation can assist to slow population increase.

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    12 Bible Verses About Reproduction. (n.d.). Knowing Jesus. Retrieved October 11,

    2021, from https://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Reproduction

    Arranza, J. L. (2019, October 13). Overpopulation and congestion: The roots of misery | Dr.

    Jesus Lim Arranza. BusinessMirror. Retrieved November 14, 2021, from

    https://businessmirror.com.ph/2019/10/14/overpopulation-and-congestion-the-roots-

    of-misery/

    The Effects of Overpopulation in the Philippines - PHDessay.com. (2020, August 3). Free

    Essays - PhDessay.Com. Retrieved November 14, 2021, from

    https://phdessay.com/effects-overpopulation-philippines/

    Philippine Statistics Authority. (n.d.). Philippines: Population Expected to Reach 100 Million

    Filipinos in 14 Years | Philippine Statistics Authority. PSA. Retrieved November 14,

    2021, from https://psa.gov.ph/content/philippines-population-expected-reach-100-

    million-filipinos-14-years

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