From Contact Report 911

Limiting Population Growth is Essential

Joachim Ng, 14 May 2025'16:02 hrs

Nature uses a system of checks and balances to prevent overpopulation and ensure the stability of the ecosystem. Predators in the food chain help to keep prey populations under control. – BERNAMAPIC

EVERY extra child increases the impact of climate change. This inconvenient fact does not go down well with the general public, who hardly realise that overpopulation is the main cause of the global ecological crisis, which manifests itself in climate change, species extinction and toxic pollution.

More human beings mean higher consumption of fossil fuels, more deforestation to expand agricultural land and greater urbanisation. All of these factors are contributing to the growing ecological crisis that is gripping the world.

The ecological footprint of humanity is determined by the size of the population and the amount of natural resources consumed per capita. As all poor countries strive for a higher standard of living, the consumption of natural resources is increasing rapidly and the population is growing beyond the Earth's carrying capacity.

What is carrying capacity?. It is a universal law of nature that requires every population of animals and human beings to maintain the number of offspring within the limits of the resources available to the population in its ecosystem. The entire planet itself has a limited carrying capacity. Exceeding this capacity can lead to catastrophe.

Nature utilises a system of mutual control to prevent overpopulation and ensure the stability of the ecosystem. For example, predators in the food chain help to keep prey populations in check. Our tigers keep the populations of sambar deer, muntjac, wild boar, long-tailed macaques and long-eared monkeys in check.

Predators eat prey babies, and therefore prey animals build up their escape gear. This in turn forces predators to improve their