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Headlines

These brief extracts summarise some current information and comment available about population, poverty, the environment and the effects of per capita consumption. Click on the title to read the article.

1st June 2008 - Now is not the time to abandon our ambition to be green

29th May 2008 - Ecosystem damage costs trillions per year: study

9th April 2008 - UNFPA dedicated to culturally aware approaches for better quality reproductive health programmes

23rd March 2008 - Halting the Baby Boom in Katine

29th February 2008 - Peaking Fuel Sources can't keep up with Population Growth

25th February 2008 - Hurdles to better maternal health are found in limited access and social barriers to family planning

15th February 2008 – Reducing unintended fertility should be a top international climate priority

13th February 2008 – Uganda: Big Population in the Way of Development Goals

11th February 2008 – Manila Women Fight Contraceptive Ban

29th December 2007 – Population Growth and the Environment

16th December 2007Uganda: Govts Urged to Address Population Growth

13th December 2007 – Overpopulation cited as “serious threat” in Bertelsmann Report

15th November 2007 – Triple Threat looms over Africa’s rural poor, warns UN agency chief

29th October 2007 – Growth of our population is unsustainable, says Cameron

24th September 2007 – India heading for 2 billion population

Environmental Factor Omitted from UK Population Debates

New UNEP Report Makes Link Between Population and Environment

First Reith Lecture from London

Second Reith Lecture from Beijing

The Fourth Reith Lecture highlights population growth as one of the four main challenges to ending poverty

New Reproductive Health Target for Millennium Development Goal 5 on maternal health

UK Government Chief Scientific Advisor Speaks Out on Population

UK Government Proposes Raised Retirement Age

Population Growth

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