Prominent British broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough has stressed on the need to reduce the number of people on Earth to protect wildlife in the future.
According to a report by BBC News, Attenborough has become in a line of patrons of a group seeking to cut the growth in human population.On joining the Optimum Population Trust, he said that growth in human numbers was "frightening".
In a statement issued by the Optimum Population Trust, he is quoted as saying, "I've never seen a problem that wouldn't be easier to solve with fewer people, or harder, and ultimately impossible, with more."
Attenborough, one of the BBC's longest-standing presenters, has been making documentaries on the natural world and conservation for more than half a century.
The Trust, which accuses governments and green groups of observing a taboo on the topic, say they are delighted to have Sir David as a patron.
Founded in 1991, the trust campaigns for the UK population to decrease voluntarily by not less than 0.25 percent a year.
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Other patrons include Jonathan Porritt, chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, and Dame Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall institute.
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