In terms of reaching earth's carrying capacity, developing countries exacerbate the problem due to their while developed countries also aggravate the situation due to their unsustainable resource use; high fertility rates high fertility rates; overconsumption high immigration; low emigration gendercide; overconsumption use of nonrenewable energy; high death rates

In terms of reaching earth's carrying capacity, developing countries exacerbate the problem due to their "high fertility rates" while developed countries also aggravate the situation due to their "over-consumption".

Carrying capacity is characterized as the most extreme population of a given animal types that a territory can bolster without lessening its capacity to help business as usual species later on. Researcher have considered the impacts of various populaces on their environments as they develop. As they develop, there are two highways a masses can take, paying little heed to whether it is a network of beavers or a network of individuals.

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