Why Are We Losing So Much Biodiversity?
Biodiversity losses can be attributed to the resource demands of our massive human population.
In modern times, the human population has increased from about 1 billion in 1900 to more than 6 billion today. Like other organisms, we use natural resources to survive, but we are far more resourceful and destructive to other life-forms than any species previously known. As the world's human population increases, all the organisms on Earth (including ourselves) must share the same limited resources (food, water, space), and there is less and less room for natural habitat as wilderness areas are developed for human habitation. Our population is growing at an alarming rate; 250,000 people are born everyday! For current population statistics visit the U.S. Census Bureau's Population Clocks.
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