Capitalizing on the many benefits of low birth rates: Why we need a "Low populations for the environment" movement and a "High quality human resource" movement (original) (raw)

We begin this paper by reviewing the history of population studies, and many different concepts allied and aligned with the field of population studies such as total fertility rate, population momentum, infant mortality rate, maternal mortality rate, pronatalism, antinatalism, the theory of demographic dividend, demographic window, demographic winter, etc, and investigate the causes of population growth. We also review the history of human population growth since early time immemorial, particularly since the time of the Neolithic revolution when early reliable estimates are available, and investigate population growth rates, and trends in population growth in different parts of the world, to lend credence to the theory of a demographically divided world. We also explain why we need a "Low population for the environment" or a "LOPE" movement, as the benefits of low populations are indeed, very many. This is done by reviewing the drawbacks and limitations of the theory of demographic dividend, and the dangers of pronatalism that is an unfortunate new trend associated with the far right. We therefore propose the need to develop "ideal fertility" rates in different parts of the world, and propose terms such as population management. At the same time, we also need a renewed thrust on pedagogy and education, and a renewed emphasis on high-quality human resources. Therefore, copy and paste scholarship is extremely dangerous we believe, and the needs and requirements of different societies and cultures must always be taken into account with local considerations duly studied. This is one of the essential prerequisites of our globalization of science movement which must be taken forward to its logical conclusions.