"Human numbers are rising at roughly 1.2% a year, while numbers are rising at around 2.4% a year. By 2050 the world’s living systems will have to support about 120m tonnes of extra humans and 400m tonnes of extra farm animals."
— Overpopulation

January 1, 1970

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George Monbiot, "There’s a population crisis all right. But probably not the one you think". The Guardian. November 19, 2015.