The continued rise in the world's population is the greatest problem faced by humanity at the present time. What are the causes of this continued rise? Do you agree that it is the greatest problem faced by humanity?

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population
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has been growing lately and
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has been seen as the greatest
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faced by society. Our planet has provided enough resources for
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survival, enabling the rise of
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population
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so far,
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, some
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don´t know how to properly use these resources.
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faced by humanity in my opinion. It is possible to say that everything
people
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need to survive, at
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point, comes from the
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has been allowing the development of modern society. The world’s landscape has changed a lot, especially after the Industrial Revolution, when many forests were destroyed and replaced by industries and plantations to supply
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’s demand for food and goods. The more the
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grows, the more the
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is damaged. By comparing the percentage of green areas in Europe between 100 years ago and today, the result would certainly indicate that almost no green areas have left today.
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, the consumption of resources has been allowing
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population
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growth,
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,
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upward trend has been damaging the
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too. Even though the continued rise of
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population
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could be considered
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humanity’s greatest
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, it is not. The greatest
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is
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the terrible impact that
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population’s
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growth brings to the
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, caused by
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people
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selfishness. Usually, big companies are not worried if building an industry in the middle of a jungle,
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, will lead to deforestation, destroy the habitat of different species, or even pollute rivers with waste. They are only concerned about producing more with less money, so even knowing that the industrial activity will most likely damage the
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, big companies will continue to do so because it is profitable for them. Because
people
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don´t think about future consequences and prefer to destroy the
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in order to thrive economically, I believe that selfishness is the greatest
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in society today.
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, if
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are not willing to see the big picture of what humanity’s greatest
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is, they would say that it is the continued rise of
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the world’s
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population
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.
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has been growing lately, leading to the conclusion that humanity’s greatest
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is the selfish
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against
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environment
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conservation and not the
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growth itself.
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