Most of the world’s problems are caused by overpopulation. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

I am afraid I have to disagree with

this

statement. There are so many conundrums in the world like starvation, pandemic, environmental problems as well as

terrorism

and war. In my opinions, some of them are caused by

over-population

while some are not. On the one hand, a number of environmental problems are indeed caused by

over-population

.

For instance

, the destruction of wildlife habitat. So rapid is the growth of population that some animal territory must be sacrificed for the exploitation of human habitation.

Besides

, the faster the population grows, the higher the likelihood of food shortage. In the prevention of starvation, countless forests have been cut down for crop planting which is devastating to wildlife habitat and what’s worse, resulting in the extinction of species.

On the other hand

,

over-population

, to some extent, is unrelated to some global problems

such

as pandemic,

terrorism

and war. In terms of pandemic likes COVID-19 which has overwhelmingly destroyed our economy, sanitation system and interpersonal communication. According to the recent investigation, I don’t believe it was immediately caused by

over-population

but due to the negligence of dietetic hygiene. In a similar way,

terrorism

or confrontation between countries are

also

thorny problems but they are

also

less relevant to

over-population

. Actually,

terrorism

attacks and confrontations are mainly because of radical religious beliefs and dispute on sovereignty and territory. In a nutshell,

over-population

causes lots and lots of intractable problems in the world, but there are still many global issues for other reasons.