The Importance of Livestock and

EducationHow Population and Desertification Effects can

be Solved

Variables Affecting Fertility at the World Level, 1965–2010: PanelRegression Analysis with Year Fixed EffectsPer capita GDP -0.0000191

(0.0000141)Population

-0.000000935(0.000000226)**

Infant mortality x 1, 000

0.0115972(0.0038167)***

Infant mortality (Indian) x 1,000

-0.1840857(0.16889)

Infant mortality (Black) x 1,000

-0.0664981(0.041899)*

Female education (years of primary school)

-614.0746(20.93335)***

Ethnic fractionalization

781.9244(158.8337)***

Number of observations = 1,012F(19,992) = 185.73R-squared = 0.7535*p significance 10%**p significance 5%***p significance 1%

Parallels Between Desertification &

Population?

What Are the Effects?

What Causes These Effects?

Common (Incorrect) Model

Mexico

Zimbabwe

Arizona

1) http://blog.world-mysteries.com/science/the-world-population/2) http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/17623) http://blogcapsule2009.blogspot.com/2009/12/effects-of-over- population.html4) http://thetechnologicalcitizen.com/?p=29915) http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation6) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2116677151/crowded- portrait-of-life-on-a-teeming-planet

Image Citations: (Population)

1) http://www.savoryinstitute.com/science/case-studies/ 2) http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/royalty-free/CB068097/flower-growing-in- desert3) http://www.radhikachalasani.com/#/sudan-famine/new_1000_famine024) https://www.flickr.com/photos/46357488@N00/1673250137/5) http://www.brentstirton.com/index.php#mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&s=59&p=21&a=3&at=06) http://www.kidsdiscover.com/spotlight/african-safari-for-kids/7) http://ies.jrc.ec.europa.eu/our-activities/global-support/desertification.html8) http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reve rse_climate_change9) http://singularityhub.com/2013/05/02/allan-savory-to-reverse-desertification-solve-global- warming-feed-worlds-poor/

Image Citations: (Desertification)

1) Camps, Enriqueta, and Stanley L. Engerman. “World Population Growth: The Force of Recent Historical Trends.” Journal of Interdisciplinary History 44, no. 4 (February 1, 2014): 509–26. doi:10.1162/JINH_a_00612. 

2) How to Fight Desertification and Reverse Climate Change. Accessed April 10, 2014.

http://www.ted.com/talks/allan_savory_how_to_green_the_world_s_deserts_and_reverse_climatc _change.

Data References