Achieving a negative growth rate in human populations, particularly in those nations with the highest birth rates.
The continuing growth of the global population is a threat to all of its members. Competition for scarce resources and resource depletion create fertile areas for conflict within nations and between nations and other interest groups. Socially acceptable methods of reducing the overall global population, and the pressures that population creates, need to be identified and implemented. The goal is a sustainable world where all of its inhabitants have health and prosperity.