Journal of Environmental Studies
Research Article
Environmental Damage and Overpopulation: Demographic Aspects
Jargin SV*
Department of Pathology, People’s Friendship University of Russia, Russian Federation, Russia
*Address for Correspondence:
Jargin SV, Department of Pathology, People’s Friendship University of
Russia, Clementovski per 6-82, 115184 Moscow, Russia, Tel: 7 495
9516788; E-mail: sjargin@mail.ru
Submission: 26 August, 2021;
Accepted: 28 September 2021;
Published: 05 October 2021
Copyright: © 2021 Jargin SV. This is an open access article distributed
under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits
unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Environmental damage is proportional to the population density.
The overpopulation leads to a shortage of fresh water and food in
many regions. Smoldering international conflicts provide motives for the
population growth. The necessity of birth control has been obfuscated
by conflicting national and global interests, the population growth
being regarded as a tool helping to the sovereignty and national
defense. Several regions with a relative overpopulation, actual or
potential conflicts are discussed here. Today, when common interests
of the humankind are becoming obvious, the introduction of new
moral principles is needed. One of such principles is that a birth rate of
an ethnic minority should not be higher than that of the main nation of
a country. Social consequences of gender imbalance must be borne
mainly by those population groups, where sex-selective abortions are
practiced. Recognition of these principles can become a basis for the
international trust and cooperation.