A. Objectives. The goal of this reform is to deliver on the President's directives to (1) streamline our guidance for Federal awards to ease administrative burden and (2) strengthen oversight over Federal funds to reduce risks of waste, fraud, and abuse.
Rising population growth can lessen our quality of life because it: 1  destroys resources, such as water and forests, needed to sustain us. 2  slows the dynamics of a healthy economy. 3  decreases the level of biodiversity upon which we depend.  read 1  article. learn more.  get 1  involved. educator resources.
2 November 2002. For a given population group, the adverse impact of human activity on the natural environment can be thought of as the product of three factors: population size, the per capita level of consumption (âaffluenceâ) and the environmental impact per unit of consumption under the existing technology.