Global overpopulation represents a common cause in all the man-made threats that face our planet. Reducing the geometric rate of growth in the human population will buy us extra time in dealing with all ecological threats. The various roles that counseling psychologists might play in advocating reproductive responsibility by humans are delineated.
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