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It's now or never – we need to achieve a sustainable human population

To address our overconsumption of resources, we must work to achieve a sustainable population by addressing gender inequality, improving education and tackling poverty, says Chris Packham

By Chris Packham

22 March 2023

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Simone Rotella

TODAY, there are more humans on Earth than ever and nature is in freefall. In just 50 years, wildlife populations have . In the same period, our population has doubled, and demand for non-living and living material from Earth has grown . The biggest culprits of biodiversity loss , both driven by wholly unsustainable consumption and exacerbated by increasing human numbers. It is critical we address this overconsumption, and that means evaluating the impact our species’ population growth is having on the collapse of…

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