GEOG 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Food Security, Global Hectare
22 Nov 2018
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Video question sheet: how many people can live on planet earth? https://topdocumentaryfilms. com/how-many-people-can-live-on-planet-earth/ Answer the following as you view the film: give some examples of how quickly the world"s population is growing. Human density: not only the natural environment is threatened by population growth but it also threatens . 9 bilion: the majority of this growth is not caused by people having large families. 1)120 liters 2) 150 liters 3) 3000 liters: how will be double the amount of food we currently produce. Acquiring large tracts of land from some of the very poorest: what region of the world is particularly popular with countries looking for agricultural land. 40: what has cheap energy allowed us to do? much attention to the long term effects on the environment and others species. United states: 1. 5 billion: what is overshoot? when a population exceeds the environment"s carrying capacity, we need the earth to not only provide resources, but to also .
