Belize Barrier Reef System

SCI 230

Belize Barrier Reef System

Right now the current estimate of the worldwide human population at this moment is 6,817,863,926 according to the United States Census Bureau. Every second there are three people added to the world; every day there is a quarter of a million people added; every year there are about 87 million people added. NOVA has predicted that by 2050 there will be nearly nine billion people on this planet. Because the human population continues to grow, so does our need for land to contain this growth. When humans attempt to fulfill their need for land, they move in and take over. In the process they damage and destroy ecosystems that are there to support diverse wildlife and plant life. Stiles (2010), "The rising human population - now...