Duke of Cambridge called for world population cull
Prince William, who is now second in line to the British throne, has called for a global population control warning that “exploding populationsˮ are resulting in too many humans on the planet.
Prince William said that growing populations are putting enormous pressure on wildlife unless it’s somehow “managedˮ. “In my lifetime, we have seen global wildlife populations decline by over half,” the Duke of Cambridge said in November last year at a Gala dinner for Tusk Trust charity in London.
“We are going to have to work much harder,” he continued, “and think much deeper if we are to ensure that human beings and the other species of animal with which we share this planet can continue to coexist. Africa’s rapidly growing human population is predicted to more than double by 2050 – a staggering increase of three and a half million people per month. There is no question that this increase puts wildlife and habitat under enormous pressure.ˮ
The Princes’s comments tied in with the Georgia Guidestones first commandment which reads, “Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature”.
“Urbanisation, infrastructure development, cultivation – all good things in themselves, but they will have a terrible impact unless we begin to plan and to take measures now.” The duke said new ideas were needed on how to manage water resources and the grazing of animals, in case overcrowding ends up having a “catastrophic effect” on wildlife.
A report from WWF and the Zoological Society of London published in 2016 found that the world was on course to lose two-thirds of its wild animals by 2030, with the destruction of wilderness for agriculture, logging and poaching all major contributing factors, The Guardian reported at the time.
In 2010 William’s father, Prince Charles, who is first in line to the British throne, warned that the earth could not “sustain us all,” and that “in the next 50 years, we face monumental problems as the figures rocket,” according to a separate Telegraph report.
Charles said at the time that “it would certainly help if the acceleration slowed down, but it would also help if the world reduced its desire to consume.” And he praised the success of family planning services: “Interestingly, where the loans are managed by the women of the community, the birth rate has gone down. The impact of these sorts of schemes, of education and the provision of family planning services, has been widespread.ˮ
“I fear there is little chance these sorts of schemes can help the plight of many millions of people unless we all face up to the fact more honestly than we do that one of the biggest causes of high birth rates remains cultural,” Charles added.
yogaesoteric
November 13, 2018
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