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01733aam a2200265Ii 4500 001 48B9B89E447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221005010052 008 211110s2021 vra b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1922669210 020 $a 9781922669216 035 $a (OCoLC)1284981703 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d OCLCF $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a HB849.415 C65x 2021 100 1 $a Collins, Paul, $d 1940- $e author. 245 10 $a Depopulation imperative : $b how many people can earth support? / $c Paul Collins. 264 1 $a North Melbourne : $b Australian Scholarly, $c [2021] 300 $a xiv, 176 pages ; $c 18 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Population $x Environmental aspects. 880 $6 520-00/r $a The current world population is 7.9 billion people. Our demands are already making a massive impact on the earth. Global warming, biodiversity loss, resource depletion, these are all symptoms of a bigger problem, human numbers and excessive consumption. Given our impact on earth now we have to reduce our numbers rapidly. We don't have time to wait until 2100 for numbers to decrease gradually. After looking at all of the issues surrounding the population debate, The Depopulation Imperative argues that to achieve any reduction we need a profound moral change from an emphasis on the priority of the human to a new basic moral principle that puts the earth first. While the implications of this principle are radical, in the end the book argues that we can do it and there are grounds for hope. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221203071212.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=48B9B89E447311EDBB956A3F21ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search