Overpopulation is the world's most serious environmental problem. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?

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The growing population has become on an unprecedented scale. With developments in the health care sector, and according to demographic statistics, every country has an uptrend in births.
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, overpopulation has brought immense challenges to the environment, and they are increasingly exacerbating. Every person in
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world needs a place to live, and
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a fundamental human right.
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, building more houses is necessary.
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, it creates an enormous burden on the infrastructure of nature.
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, when constructing houses or apartments, they need to use an excessive amount of land. So, they need to reduce vegetation, cut down forests to make more land.
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, many animals will lose their natural habitats and eventually disturb the ecological balance.
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, natural resources consumption has increased at a staggering rate over the
last
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decade. A good case in point is fuel usage. According to a research article published by the University of Colombo in January 2021, they had shown that the average fuel consumption of a person had increased 10% with the
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year.
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, they had given red alarm that water consumption has
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increased significantly.
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, Alarmingly, people utilize all-natural resources without considering the future and putting the environment in danger. So future generations will be suffering from a lack of natural resources. In conclusion,
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population growth seems to be beneficial to society, it generates a plethora of problems for the environment.
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, authorities should tackle those problems before aggravating them.
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, overpopulation has already become the worst challenge to overcome.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • exacerbating
  • finite resources
  • environmental degradation
  • biodiversity
  • greenhouse gas emissions
  • sustainable consumption
  • habitat loss
  • family planning
  • renewable energy
  • technological advancements
  • resource management
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