Perspectives in Biodiversity, Food and Future for India

Abstract

The last two centuries have brought the world
unprecedented environmental problems that we must
control if we wish our civilization to persist. The
problems have resulted from an increase in the total
human population over the past two centuries from one
billion people to the present 7.4 billion; an even more
rapid rise in consumption; and the failure of technology
to keep pace with the changing numbers of people and
their demands for consumption. Even more frightening
is the fact that our numbers are projected to grow to
nearly 9.9 billion within the next 34 years