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.
We have created a world where the influence of a single species is. omnipresent in all realms and ecosystems. Pollution, overexploitation, habitat loss and. fragmentation, invasive species and climate change are the main causes of global change, and. as a corollary, current biodiversity loss. Jointly they form a multitude of stresses on life on. this planet.