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Global Issues Unit: China’s Population Sustainability

Global Issues Unit: China’s Population Sustainability. Scott, Bomin , Dara , and Gabby. Population Problems Worldwide. There is enough resources in the world for everyone, the problem is distribution. One out of 8 people are hungry.

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Global Issues Unit: China’s Population Sustainability

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  1. Global Issues Unit: China’s Population Sustainability Scott, Bomin, Dara, and Gabby

  2. Population Problems Worldwide • There is enough resources in the world for everyone, the problem is distribution. One out of 8 people are hungry. • Future problem would be overpopulation and that cuts down resources. Also pollution is affecting the world and causing side problems. • Overpopulated countries in poverty, barely live through the day. The environment in poor countries are polluted and diseases spread like wildfire. • Overpopulation is killing the worlds resources.

  3. The population today is 6,973,738,433= About 7 billion The world population has been increasing rapidly each year, growing faster than we expected.

  4. Related Problems • Lack of education is what causes poverty. Poverty is the problem for an overpopulated city. • Overpopulation causes: Pollution  Global Warming  Acid Rain  Toxic Air • Requires for us to start using fertilizer that is unhealthy and toxic to our system Poverty Cycle

  5. Bangladesh - Solution • Main problem: Poor countries have the highest birth rate (overpopulated) • Birth Rate in Bangladesh: 22.53 births /1,000 population. • Birth Rate in China: 12.31 births/1,000 population • Population in Bangladesh: 161,083,804 (160 million) • Population in China: 1,344,130,000 (1 billion) • 13 year olds girls get married off because when your daughter gets married off, she lives with her fiancé, which means one less mouth to feed. Marrying at a young age means increase in population

  6. China • About 23 percent of all the people on earth live in China.

  7. Problems • Today there are 180 million Chines aged over 60 (13%). This number will double to 360 million in less that 20 years, which is more retired elders in China than the entire population of the US. • China has not yet built a social safety net to provide pensions, affordable healthcare or homes for their increasing number of elders. (The poor cannot afford the pension because they never paid their taxes)

  8. Enforcing the one child policy created side problems such as the obstacle of the small amount of small workers trying to support the ginormous number of elderly. It will slow the economy down.

  9. China’s Action • China has enforced a 1 child policy to control and to decline the population and births. • Population growth rate: 0.481% (2012 set.)

  10. Chinas population is predicted to decrease due to the one child policy.

  11. Universal Declaration of Human Rights • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights states, “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status…” • Although China’s trying to help and sustain the population, they have no right to control the rights of a mother and how many kids she can have.

  12. Solutions • Support and donate to poor countries to build schools, hospitals, seeds for farms, etc. Avoid donating to organizations who are raising money for food because it will only help the poor for a short amount of time. • Build electric cars, reduce the amount of air pollution released, recycled, etc. We are the reason the earth is turning into a dump, it’s our responsibility to take care of it.

  13. China shouldn’t force families to have only one child. So they should give them a choice but make one choice more beneficial. (ex): The Chinese government should reward families with one child a decent house. Doing this, most families will only have one child and they will be provided with a house so they can pay for other needs such as food, water, electricity, etc. But they have to pay taxes so they don’t rob the governments money.

  14. Continued.. In this way, the government is doing what they need to do as well as giving the people the freedom of choice. This will also gradually improve the overpopulation problem so it doesn’t increase the population so rapidly that their ages are unbalanced and causes future problems. There should be a contract that allows the family to have the house for a certain amount of years but they need to pay for electricity, water etc. while the government pays for the house. (Loan in a way)

  15. What has been done? • China is trying to control birth control and the population by enforcing the 1 child policy. • Countries trying to “Go Green” to improve the environments conditions. • China is also has contributed in making an effort by spending money on helping the environment. • Many people are donating to the organizations like Unicef.

  16. Why China Shouldn’t Enforce the 1 Child Policy Benefits Drawbacks Less workers Children get spoiled You are deprived of your rights to have more than one child. • Less resources needed • Less money needed • Less pollution • More job opportunities

  17. Organizations • http://www.cpwf.org.cn/en/index.asp • Organization Name: China Population Welfare Foundation • What are they Doing: They are helping the impoverished mothers, and also with the aim for ‘Out of Poverty, Ignorance, and Illness. • Found 1987 • Approved by the People’s Bank of China and the Ministry of Civil Affairs Registry

  18. They opened a program called ‘Programme of Happiness’ which is trying to get money from people, which had succeed with earning 40.140873 millions RMB on 31st December 2006. • Questions about it: What is their further aiming to success? • How can I be involved with the organization or model your action plan after it? - I can be involved with the organization with donating and helping to reduce the poverty cycle

  19. http://www.rkcbs.net/Web/RK/EW/ACPH/Organization/ • What Are They Doing: They are the publishing institution in a national level, which is subordinated to national population and family planning commission of China. Their objectives are influence the public opinion in a proper way, and arouse the awareness of the importance of family planning as a basic state policy. • Some of the things that we like about their program: We like how they present their opinions and their focusing on family importance.

  20. Questions about it: Will there be any more ways to emphasize the organization’s opinion? • How can I be involved with the organization or model your action plan after it? - I can be involved with the organization by trying to find more ways to show the public people’s opinions.

  21. Bibliography http://www.ecofuture.org/pop/orgs.html http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/world_population.htm http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/human_pop/human_pop.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml http://english.gov.cn/about.htm Images: http://www.un.org/works/i/TZ31_267_issue.jpg http://factsanddetails.com/media/2/20080222-people%20by%20age%20group%201148055065%20BBC.gif Organizations: http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/china/review.php http://www.cpwf.org.cn/en/intro2.asp

  22. Bibliography - Pictures • Population Reference Bureau.Photographer. April 2012. http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/world_population.htm • UNFPA Declares July 11 World Population Day. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 15 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2755032 • Chinese People Celebrate New Year. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 17 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2771548 • Chinese Girls. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 17 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/139_1971198 • Chinese Middle School. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 19 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/139_1901688 • UNFPA Declares July 11 World Population Day. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 19 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/115_2760168 • A Man From The Countryside Works In A Construction Site In Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. May 2009.. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 19 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/300_3199129 • An Elderly Man From The Ethnic Tai Lue Community. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 19 Oct 2012. http://quest.eb.com/images/300_3214439

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