Misconceptions about population Deniers Reassurers Diverters

Misconceptionsabout population

• Deniers

• Reassurers

• Diverters

Film features long section on Nigeria and its problemsbut NO mention that it is Africa’s most populous countrynor that her population is one of world’s fastest growing

Misconceptionsabout population

“You’re just a Neo-Malthusian!”

Misconceptionsabout population

“Human history is agreat success story,

especiallyrecent decades”

Richard Wilson

“Age of the Anthropocene”: World historical turning point

“Progress” now delivering “regress”

We must plan for a worldas it might well be

not assume ideal scenarios

Not just climate change – “peak everything”:

‘Peak’ fossil fuels… Depleting mineral resources… Soil erosion… Soil compaction… Loss of soil nutrients… Salinisation… Deforestation… Draining of wetlands … Paving over open land… Subsidence… Eutrophication… Aquifer drainage… ‘Dry’ rivers… Water pollution… Acidification… Toxic & Radioactive contamination… Overflowing landfills… Exhausted fisheries ……………………………………………

and ‘Biodevastation’

Note:synergies between many of them, making each worse