Mariana Perales

Annotated Bibliography
October 24, 2016

Thompson, K. (April 27, 2011). The Impact of Population Growth on Wildlife. Retrieved
from https://www.populationmedia.org/2011/07/15/the-impact-of-population-growth-on-wildlife/
This article was written by Australian Member Parliament Kelvin it describes the impact of
population to wildlife. The author give a lot of information in relate to the change from
human population to mammal population. Over the past years human population has
grown tremendously causing the need of more homes meaning the destruction of wild life
environment. Whit out wild life humans have begun the extinction of more than 3,000
animal species. Even though the article was published in Australia it brings up numbers
form around the world.
Biological Diversity. (2016). Human Population Growth and Urban Wildland. Retriveed from
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/population_and_sustainability/urban_wildlands/index.
html
This particular website is a community whose mission is to save life on earth. The Centers
of Biological Diversity works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on
the edge of extinction. They do this by creating awareness through media in how
important land, water and climate is for species to survive. The link attached takes us to
examples of the extinction of the panther. It talks about how there is only about 100
panther left in the United States, this is about 5 percent of the species historic range.
There are a total of 5 counties that house this animal and its population is estimated to
grow by 55 percent in the next 30 years; implementing the extinction of more panthers.
Negative Population Growth. (2016). Effects of Overpopulation: Wildlife and Habitat Destruction.
Retrieved from http://www.npg.org/wpcontent/uploads/2013/07/effects_of_overpopulation_wildlife.pdf
With the growth of population growing at a record pace, the threat to wildlife and its
nature remain a problem. Negative Population Growth association believes that the only
way to truly protect the wildlife is to reduce human population levels. The article presents

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facts relating to the topic with the determination to educate the American public about the
effects of overpopulation in the environment causing a poor quality of life.
Wrigley, Robert. Overpopulation= Poverty & Extinction. Retrieved from
http://www.naturenorth.com/YOTF/Overpopulation.html
Dr. Robert E. Wrigley explains how this overpopulated earth if the casue to poverty and
extinction of our environment. Shortly after people arrived to North America, Europe,
Madagascar, Australia and New Zealand extinction of hundreds o species of large animals
were witness. In the last 18,000 years 73% of animals and bird species have been extinct
form earth. He talks about the poverty that many people live because of over population
and how it can be prevented with proper family planning in an attempt to preserve
wildlife.
Animal Rights Expert. (February 3, 2016). Human Overpopulation. Retrieved from
http://animalrights.about.com/od/wildlife/a/HumanOverpopulation.htm
According to a survey at the SUNY College of Environmental Science back in April of 2009,
overpopulation is the worlds worst environmental problem. More than 80% of the worlds
forest had been destroyed due to the retrieval of wetlands cause to the demands of crop
production. It presents a great example of a nearly wiped out Island due to overpopulation
triggering limitation of natural resources. It also presents possible solutions to the
problem.
Rinkesh, K. (2016). Deforestation: Compromises of Growing World. Accessed on October 23,
2016. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/causes-effects-solutions-of-deforestation.php
Over the last years Rinkesh has been learning on different ways to conserve energy and
he has been educating other in way of doing it as well. On this particular article he
explains about deforestation, the clearing of forest in order to accommodate agricultural,
industrial or urban use. He explains the effects that deforestation cause to the earth like
climate imbalance, increase in global warming and soil erosion to name a few factors.

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Rinkesh, K. (2016). Deforestation: Compromises of Growing World. Accessed on October 23,
2016. http://www.conserve-energy-future.com/various-recycling-facts.php
Recycling is a way to help keep nature considering the earth is beginning to overpopulate.
In this small article Rinkesh gives a list of over 30 facts on how recycling can help the
environment. Among some of the its facts he says that by recycling Sundays newspaper
we would save over 250 million trees every year.
World Population Balance. (2015). The Global Population Situation- An Overview. Accessed on
October 23, 2016 http://www.worldpopulationbalance.org/global_population
The article talks about the global population of 7 billion of us up until 2015 and the
numbers keep increasing. It gives fact of all the natural resources that we are rapidly
losing and how we should start thinking of the future.

Additional Links
http://www.everythingconnects.org/overpopulation-effects.html