The Human Population

Credentials in Environmental Biology demonstrate competencies that include professionals working in environmental biology and require a solid understanding of major concepts including ecology, human population and development issues, biological principles related to water and soil, agriculture production, pest control, energy concepts, and pollution. They must also understand economic issues and considerations for policy development. Many of these professionals work in sustainability and urban planning and development arenas requiring an environmental biology foundation. Specifically, this badge demonstrates the earner's ability to explain how humans are subject to natural laws and ecological processes including the relationship between income and fertility, the impact of population growth, the impact of unlimited use of natural resources, and factors that are used to predict future population trends.