China is a large country with an enormous population. “China has been one of the worlds most populated countries since second century A.D.when it had more than 60 million people , or one-forth of the worlds population, during Han Dynasty”(Latzko). Currently China stands at about 1.25 billion (Latzko). With so many people in one country it creates many problems. These problems include limited resources, limited healthcare, more pollution, more waste, and climate change. Chinese government took steps to try to control its overpopulation.
To control the population of China the government gave couples birth restrictions. These restrictions included limiting Chinese couples to only have one child also known as the “one-child policy”("Laogai Research Foundation"). The one-child policy came to effect in 1979 to control the overpopulation in China ("Laogai Research Foundation").This policy makes it impossible for a child to have siblings to interact with. It’s weird to think that majority of the current chinese generation will be an only child. Before any woman becomes pregnant she would have to apply for a birth permit, and after the birth they are required to undergo the IUD insertion ("Laogai Research Foundation"). IUD is the most effective birth control, it is inserted into the uterus and usually last up to five years. About eleven years ago the government tried meeting birth quotas by doing harsh things ("Laogai Research Foundation"). “Consequently, these officials began employing more authoritian measures to prevent, detect, and terminate unauthorized pregnancies, including the use of local informants to discover unauthorized pregnancies, forced late-term abortions , forced IUD insertion, forced sterilization, and detention of pregnant women or their family members, and the destruction of the homes of those who violated the policy”("Laogai Research Foundation"). Any woman that violated the population control policy could lose their job, be denied of child registry, lose their business, lose their drivers license , be refused for loans, be denied passport, and be expelled from community party("Laogai Research Foundation"). The one-child policy in China is something the government take seriously. The punishments for disobeying the policy is beyond harsh. Just by not following the birth control rules, citizens of China could be denied so many things that they would life.
Not only is couples faced with consequences but the child is too. Children with out household registry were often referred to as hei haizi or “black children”("Laogai Research Foundation"). These children are treated as a non- person, they don’t have access to most public services such as school, healthcare, and sometimes even employment("Laogai Research Foundation"). The Chinese government is sometimes lenient for some couples in rural areas or couples that are both only children , by allowing them to have a second child("Laogai Research Foundation"). The one child-policy may have seemed like a good idea to begin with for China but what effects will this policy have on the future?
The Chinese government created the one-child policy to fix a problem but it ended up creating its own. The Chinese elderly population increased tremendously over the years, resulting in too few children to care for the aging population(Kaneda 1-5). Life expectancy increased from 40.8 to 71.5 and increased to over 102 million elderly in 2005(Kaneda 1-5). With such a large elderly population chronic disease increased, disability, and Chinese health care overall cost. (Kaneda 1-5). About 80% of all deaths in China was due to chronic disease in 2005.(pbr)The Chinese took actions against chronic disease by setting up prevention programs(Kaneda 1-5). Long term health care for the elderly is very important to keep them as healthy as possible. Chinese government increased the number of elderly homes to accommodate the aging population (Kaneda 1-5). China plans to develop geriatric medical training at an undergraduate level so that more people will be trained to help the elderly with specific healthcare needs(Kaneda 1-5). The China population will continue to age as the years go on. Chinese government should continue to keep the elderly healthy and aware of diseases as the aging population increase.
In conclusion over population is never a good thing. Chinese government tried to control the issue while creating a new one. The new problem can be resolve with more educated people capable of caring for the millions elderly. With more resources , more healthcare, less pollution, and less waste countries may better be able to accommodate a larger population. Sometimes you have to look at yourself and figure out what you can do to make the world a better place.
citation
Cunningham, MaryAnn, and Willian Cunningham. Enviromental Science. 12. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2012. 139-141. Print.
Kaneda, Toshiko. "China's Concern Over Population Aging and Health." Population Reference Bureau. (2006): 1-5. Web. 27 Sep. 2012.
<http://www.prb.org/Articles/2006/ChinasConcernOverPopulationAgingandHealth.asp&xgt;.
Latzko, Laura. "The Effects of Population Growth in China." eHow. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sep 2012.
http://www.ehow.com/about_5057763_effects-population-growth-china.html.
. "One Child Policy." Laogai Research Foundation. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Sep 2012. <http://laogai.org/our_work/one-child-policy>.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Overpopulation in Deer Biological Community
Sha’Juan
Kennedy
Environmental Science
9/23/2012
Deer biological community has become over populated over the past few years. Biological community is simply a group of organism living in the same habitat, which for deer are pine tree plantations, swamps, woodlot and ridges, and plains. The problem with the location of deer habitat is being too close to human environment. Though deer seem to be gorgeous creatures they cause serious issues to humans. Many people are killed each year due to deer, as the deer population increase the death toll of people will increase as well. The economy should take immediate actions to control the overpopulation of deer.
The deer populations in some states have gotten fairly large. According to Nature Tourism the deer population in Pennsylvania has reached 60 to 100 per square mile, in only five years it increased from 1.2 million to 1.6 million("Nature Tourism"). Also in southern Maine the deer habitat is 4 times what it can support with more than 100 deer per square feet as well(Mere 2). There aren’t too many animals that can eat a deer, the few that do, aren’t commonly seen in the US. Deer predators are wolves, eastern cougars, black bears, coyotes. According to Sea Coast Online, wolves were killed by settlers or went to Canada, eastern cougars were destroyed because of fear, black bears are around in some area but could never manage the deer population, and coyotes have moved eastward (Mere 1-2). With the lack of deer predators around the problem must be handled by the people.
Biologist came up with a few ideas to control the deer population in Southern Maine with some being an epic fail. Ideas such as trucking deer to less populated areas, netting deer, and putting chemicals in the deer food was all dismissed(Mere 1-2). These ideas were not put into action because of the danger and health risk it would cause the deer and to other animals if they ate the food with chemicals. The more successful ideas were to allow hunters access to more overpopulated locations and to hire sharpshooters for areas with extreme cases of overpopulation(Mere 1-2). Allowing hunters and sharpshooters in overpopulated areas are great methods of controlling deer population that should be expressed to other states if it hasn’t already.
Deer can be interesting to look at but they are a tremendous threat to people and the environment. “Deer eat a variety of vegetation, including shoots of tree branches and seedlings, as well as farm crops, leading to the destruction of under story plant life, their own habitat, and the habitat of other organisms”("Nature Tourism")Deer are destroying the forest and the potential chance of re-growth.("Nature Tourism")Deer can affect our forest and people in many ways. Deer often carry Lyme disease ticks that can cause people to experience heart, joint, and brain problems. When deer are near people they are a huge threat. People don’t need to be in the forest to get close to deer because they cross roads people drive on. Drivers don’t only have to worry about getting into a crash with another vehicle but they have to worry about deer as well. Vehicle-deer accidents are the cause of over 140 human death according to National Highway Traffic (Sloan 1-3).State farm insurance estimated in 2010 there were over 1.1 million deer-vehicle accidents nationwide (Sloan 1-3). Not only are deer-vehicle accidents dangerous but they are very costly. In 2010 an average of $3.8 billon went out to insurance payouts and driver cost (Sloan 1-3). There is nothing to stop deer from crossing the roads they are very dangerous creatures that can kill an innocent person.
In conclusion deer biological community population needs to be controlled. With more deer around vehicle-deer accidents, human Lyme disease, and deer-caused death will all increase. The deer should be killed instead of them killing people. Hunters and sharpshooters should be allowed or paid to hunt in every over populated location. Deer overpopulation is a very serious issue that needs to be taken care of before they take over the human population.
Citation
"Deer Overpopulation." Nature Tourism. Center for Economic & Environmental Development, n.d. Web. 23 Sep 2012. <http://naturetourism.allegheny.edu/contact.html>.
Mere, R.J. "Deer Overpopulation is a Serious Problem." Sea Coast online. (2008): 2. Web. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081023-SPORTS-810230378.
Sloan, . "Dear Overpopulation Taking Economic Toll." Washington Post. 01 11 2010: 1-3. Web. 23 Sep. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110107194.html>.
Environmental Science
9/23/2012
Deer biological community has become over populated over the past few years. Biological community is simply a group of organism living in the same habitat, which for deer are pine tree plantations, swamps, woodlot and ridges, and plains. The problem with the location of deer habitat is being too close to human environment. Though deer seem to be gorgeous creatures they cause serious issues to humans. Many people are killed each year due to deer, as the deer population increase the death toll of people will increase as well. The economy should take immediate actions to control the overpopulation of deer.
The deer populations in some states have gotten fairly large. According to Nature Tourism the deer population in Pennsylvania has reached 60 to 100 per square mile, in only five years it increased from 1.2 million to 1.6 million("Nature Tourism"). Also in southern Maine the deer habitat is 4 times what it can support with more than 100 deer per square feet as well(Mere 2). There aren’t too many animals that can eat a deer, the few that do, aren’t commonly seen in the US. Deer predators are wolves, eastern cougars, black bears, coyotes. According to Sea Coast Online, wolves were killed by settlers or went to Canada, eastern cougars were destroyed because of fear, black bears are around in some area but could never manage the deer population, and coyotes have moved eastward (Mere 1-2). With the lack of deer predators around the problem must be handled by the people.
Biologist came up with a few ideas to control the deer population in Southern Maine with some being an epic fail. Ideas such as trucking deer to less populated areas, netting deer, and putting chemicals in the deer food was all dismissed(Mere 1-2). These ideas were not put into action because of the danger and health risk it would cause the deer and to other animals if they ate the food with chemicals. The more successful ideas were to allow hunters access to more overpopulated locations and to hire sharpshooters for areas with extreme cases of overpopulation(Mere 1-2). Allowing hunters and sharpshooters in overpopulated areas are great methods of controlling deer population that should be expressed to other states if it hasn’t already.
Deer can be interesting to look at but they are a tremendous threat to people and the environment. “Deer eat a variety of vegetation, including shoots of tree branches and seedlings, as well as farm crops, leading to the destruction of under story plant life, their own habitat, and the habitat of other organisms”("Nature Tourism")Deer are destroying the forest and the potential chance of re-growth.("Nature Tourism")Deer can affect our forest and people in many ways. Deer often carry Lyme disease ticks that can cause people to experience heart, joint, and brain problems. When deer are near people they are a huge threat. People don’t need to be in the forest to get close to deer because they cross roads people drive on. Drivers don’t only have to worry about getting into a crash with another vehicle but they have to worry about deer as well. Vehicle-deer accidents are the cause of over 140 human death according to National Highway Traffic (Sloan 1-3).State farm insurance estimated in 2010 there were over 1.1 million deer-vehicle accidents nationwide (Sloan 1-3). Not only are deer-vehicle accidents dangerous but they are very costly. In 2010 an average of $3.8 billon went out to insurance payouts and driver cost (Sloan 1-3). There is nothing to stop deer from crossing the roads they are very dangerous creatures that can kill an innocent person.
In conclusion deer biological community population needs to be controlled. With more deer around vehicle-deer accidents, human Lyme disease, and deer-caused death will all increase. The deer should be killed instead of them killing people. Hunters and sharpshooters should be allowed or paid to hunt in every over populated location. Deer overpopulation is a very serious issue that needs to be taken care of before they take over the human population.
Citation
"Deer Overpopulation." Nature Tourism. Center for Economic & Environmental Development, n.d. Web. 23 Sep 2012. <http://naturetourism.allegheny.edu/contact.html>.
Mere, R.J. "Deer Overpopulation is a Serious Problem." Sea Coast online. (2008): 2. Web. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20081023-SPORTS-810230378.
Sloan, . "Dear Overpopulation Taking Economic Toll." Washington Post. 01 11 2010: 1-3. Web. 23 Sep. 2012. <http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2010/11/01/AR2010110107194.html>.
introduction paragraph
Is it a positive or negative to
be overpopulated in the world? According to Time, we reached our 7 billionth
person in 2011(Walsh 4). Seven billion is a fairly large number, most people
can’t even count that high. The population is going to continue to grow as the
years go on. Some countries try to control their population such as China by
reducing the amount of children each government family can have. I would think
that the child a couple is not allowed to have could’ve been the person to cure
cancer or to come up with a life changing invention. God didn’t intend for
married couple to be limited on the amount of children they can produce, so is
it right for the government to? Many may think overpopulation can cause the
world to run out of the resources we need to survive such as food and water.
"About half the food produced worldwide ends up wasted, either rotting in the
fields, the markets or in the refridgarator. We could feed 7 billion, 8 billion,
9 billion and more if we chose to do so"(Walsh 4). Walsh expresses that food is
not an issue referring to overpopulation. The problem isn’t the amount of people
and the things they may need to survive. More importantly it’s what those people
can do to the environment. "Every additional person needs food, water, and
energy, and produces more waste and pollution. “Thus all environmental problems
are easier to solve with fewer people and ultimately impossible wit even more"
(Walsh 4).The more overpopulated we become the more negative it would be for the
environment we live in.
citation
Walsh, Bryan. "The World at 7 Billion." Time Special. 26 Oct 2011: 4. Web. 31 Aug. 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782,00.html>.
citation
Walsh, Bryan. "The World at 7 Billion." Time Special. 26 Oct 2011: 4. Web. 31 Aug. 2012. <http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2097720_2097782,00.html>.
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