Prince William warned that population growth is putting “terrible” pressure on the natural world and driving animals to extinction.
“Africa’s rapidly growing human population is predicted to more than double by 2050 – a staggering increase of three and a half million people per month,” the Duke of Cambridge said at a gala hosted by the Tusk Trust, a charity dedicated to protecting African wildlife.
“There is no question that this increase puts wildlife and habitat under enormous pressure,” William said.
“Urbanisation, infrastructure development, cultivation – all good things in themselves, but they will have a terrible impact unless we begin to plan and to take measures now,” William said, according to The Telegraph.
William seems to be channeling his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, who once called for” voluntary family limitation” to curb population growth. William didn’t mention any such measures.
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