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.
For example, the complex interlinkages with the impacts of climate change on pests, diseases and pollinators, like bees, are largely unknown. Also, climate models have difficulty in accurately predicting the detailed local environmental changes that are important for food production, particularly weather extremes. A looming vulnerability is the world's fisheries, which provide an important source of protein for at least half the world's population.