dc.creatorLidicker, William Z.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-25T19:36:49Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-23T18:03:02Z
dc.date.available2020-08-25T19:36:49Z
dc.date.available2022-09-23T18:03:02Z
dc.date.created2020-08-25T19:36:49Z
dc.identifier2351-9894
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01232
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/12238
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2020.e01232
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3493951
dc.description.abstractOne needs only to peruse the daily news to be aware that humanity is on a dangerous and challenging trajectory. This essay explores the prospect of adopting a science-based framework for confronting these potentially adverse prospects. It explores a perspective based on relevant ecological and behavioral science. The objective is to involve concerned citizens of the world in this enterprise. The overall objective is to maintain Planet Earth as a favorable home for the future of humanity. Nine ecological principles explain one major aspect of what is happening and provide critical guidelines for appropriate action. Nine social behaviors explore how we might integrate social science insights with those from ecology. Twenty predictions are proposed based on these ecological and social science principles plus existing trends. If these trends are not vigorously and courageously confronted, we will likely be on track for the demise of our civilization. As we examine these challenges, our job will be especially complicated because a major segment of humanity is not prepared to accept evidence based on science, and this generates much resistance to any efforts directed toward effective control of current and future challenges. In these complex circumstances, we must remain as cooperative and optimistic as possible so that we can promote the needed willpower and ingenuity.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherGlobal Ecology and Conservation
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightsAbierto (Texto Completo)
dc.sourcereponame:Expeditio Repositorio Institucional UJTL
dc.sourceinstname:Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
dc.subjectAuthoritarianism
dc.subjectCooperation
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.subjectMorality
dc.subjectPopulation dynamics
dc.subjectSocial behavior
dc.titleA scientist’s warning to humanity on human population growth


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