Chapter Overview
“Too Many People Too Few Trees” by Moti Nissani highlights how rapid population growth is consuming forests and natural resources. It explains the causes—like advances in medicine, lack of education, and poverty—and shows the effects: pollution, ecosystem loss, and climate change. Finally, the essay offers practical solutions such as better family planning, environmental laws, and tree conservation. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Important Keywords
- Overpopulation: Excessive growth of the human population
- Deforestation: Large-scale clearing of forests
- Biosphere: The global ecological system integrating all living beings
- Greenhouse effect: Warming caused by atmospheric gases
- Desertification: Land degradation due to deforestation
- Population explosion: Rapid increase in human numbers
- Finite world: The Earth's limited natural resources
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