Selection 38 Human Carrying Capacity

Easter Island is one of the most isolated islands on Earth.  Southwest, 3,474 km away from this isolated island is the closest continental place, Chile. The first people to live on Easter Island were the Polynesians around A.D 690.  Tree space was dominant on the island, but around A.D 1400 the "forest pollen" was at its lowest. With this came deforestation and it brought about soil erosion that were noticeable in the soil profiles of the area.  The human population increased around 0.4% per year for about 13 centuries. The human carrying capacity is what the used to estimate how many people were on the island. They used a model to figure this out, which included the people who used it to specify what they were concerned about. Some examples would include technology, domestic and international political insituations. It is more difficult to find human carrying capacity on the island of Easter Island because not all people were well educated back than.