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Publications

This is a full list of papers which we have prepared or sign-posted on various subjects. They are all in PDF format, which means that you need Acrobat Reader to view them. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can download it free from the Adobe web site - this link will open in a new window in most browsers, as will the links to the documents below. If you prefer to download the documents to read later, right-click on the name and choose "Save Target As", "Save Link As" or similar - the exact wording will depend on the browser you are using.

Date Subject File size File
25th May 2008 As California Population Soars, its Biodiversity Sinks 61 Kb ascalifornia.pdf
7th May 2008 More: Population, Nature and What Women Want; Press Release 50 Kb wwipressrelease.pdf
16th April 2008 President of the Earth Policy Unit, Lester Brown writes on Global Food Crisis 53 Kb lesterbrown.pdf
17th February 2008 PSN Coordinator reply to George Monbiot published in the Guardian 209 Kb monbiotreply.pdf
17th February 2008 George Monbiot - Population Bombs, Guardian 29th January 2008 21 Kb georgemonbiot.pdf
15th January 2008 Serger - Why Anxiety Over Low Population Growth? 761 Kb lowpopgrowth.pdf
19th October 2007 Steven Sinding Presentation - Women Deliver Conference, October 17 Kb stevensinding.pdf
14th September 2007 PSN Coordinator's letter in response to William Laurance's article in the New Scientist published. 31 Kb newscientist2.pdf
1st September 2007 New Scientist writes about how efforts to slow global warming will never work if conservatives of all kinds keep blocking women's access to contraception 19 Kb newscientist.pdf
31st August 2007 Population growth and impending food crises 32 Kb guardian20070831.pdf
27th June 2007 This planet ain't big enough for the 6,500,000,000
(Professor Chris Rapley, The Independent)
16 Kb rapleyarticle.pdf
31st May 2007

PSN supports a summary of the APPG Population Report 

325 Kb appgreport.pdf
29th Apr 2007

PSN’s Newsletter, Population Matters, Spring 2007 is out. 

277 Kb popmatters5.pdf
3rd Apr 2007

Jonathon Porritt, head of the UK’s Sustainable Development Commission speaks out on Consumption and Population 

87 Kb ecologistarticle.pdf
    21 Kb
 
stopshopping.pdf
 
26th Mar 2007

PSN's Coordinator's letter published in the Observer in response to article "No One is willing to address the accelerating growth in the world's population" by Juliette Jowit
 

155 Kb observerarticle.pdf
 

Unedited Letter

33 Kb
 
uneditedletter.pdf
 
30th Jan 2007

Final Population Forum: The Unfinished Agenda (3 presentations)

34 Kb forum5i.pdf
35 Kb forum5ii.pdf
1,186 Kb forum5iii.pdf
20th Jan 2007 Policy Brief produced jointly by PSN and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for the final Population Forum is published 421 Kb popforumjan07.pdf
6th Dec 2006 Population Increase - the Greatest Challenge?
Adair Turner's presentation

Richard Ottaway's presentation
 

193 Kb

adairturner.pdf

1,217 Kb ottaway.pdf
3rd Nov 2006 Hewlett/PRB Conference in London - Toby Aykroyd's presentation 43 Kb hewlettPRB.pdf
Oct 2006 Population Increase - the Greatest Challenge? Wednesday 6th December 2006 26 Kb rgsflyer.pdf
24th Oct 2006 Population Forum 4: AIDS and population - joined up working? (2 presentations) 1,062 Kb forum4i.pdf
221 Kb forum4ii.pdf
10th Oct 2006 Population Forum 3: Contraception, population growth and the link with maternal and child mortality (2 presentations) 2,774 Kb forum3i.pdf
42 Kb forum3ii.pdf
26th Sept 2006 Population Forum 2: Gender, women's empowerment and universal access to education - the impact of population growth 485 Kb forum2.pdf
12th Sept 2006 Population Forum 1: Population, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goals 58 Kb forum1.pdf
Sept 2006 Picking up the Pace on Population: an article published in the Consumer Sciences Today journal 30 Kb emmaarticle.pdf
Aug 2006 Details of Population Forums: September 2006 to January 2007

 

Summary


338 Kb psn_lshtm_poster.pdf
81 Kb ls_psn_summary.pdf
July 2006 Transcript of the UK Government Chief Scientist's Presentation at PSN Event 70 Kb sirdavidking.pdf
June 2006 Population Matters 4 - Fourth Issue of our Newsletter 185 Kb popmatters4.pdf
May 2006 Oxford Paper 99 Kb oxfordpaper.pdf
May 2006 PSN APPG Submission 98 Kb psnappgsubmission.pdf
Jan 2006 PSN Newsflashes 5, including: 70 Kb newsflashes5.pdf
  The first section (1-10) concerns issues of reproductive health, family planning and population growth.

1   United Nations update
2   China: Access to reproductive care services can reduce poverty
3   India will not adopt coercive family planning, in spite of a rapidly increasing population
4   Nepal - Number of children per family a main determinant of poverty
5   Philippines: the Anti and Pro family planning positions
6   Africa: High Fertility hampers African anti-poverty drive
7   Women want to know more about their reproductive health rights in Malawi
8   Make reproductive health a priority in Africa
9   Reproductive health becoming widely talked about in Sudan
10 Jordan - still has large families

The second section (11-17) focuses on population, consumption and climate change.

11 We need fewer 'climate changers'
12 Canada - we'll need four planets for everyone to live like we do
13 Comment from Kigali in Rwanda about climate change
14 Greenhouse gas 'to rise by 52%'
15 We must reduce our own consumption
16 Is having a child - even one - environmentally destructive?
17 Consumption, global warming threats detailed

See newsflashes5.pdf for further detail.
 

   
Dec 2005 Annual Meeting Report

 

Summary


90 Kb annmtgreport.pdf
25 Kb annmtgsummary.pdf
Dec 2005 Why the Silence on Population
183 Kb campbellagm.pdf
Oct 2005 Population Matters 3 - Third Issue of our Newsletter
607 Kb Popmatters3.pdf
July 2005 Population Development and Poverty Reduction Seminar - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
90 Kb LSseminar.pdf
June 2005 Population and Consumption: making the future work
83 Kb PopandConsumption02.pdf
June 2005 Population Newsflashes 4: :
useful information about population initiatives around the world:
80 Kb Newsflashes04.pdf
June 2005 Full articles for links from Population Newsflashes 1
Population and environment: Why they matter together - Ben S. Malayang III
45 Kb full01.pdf
June 2005 Full articles for links from Population Newsflashes 2
A Pope for Better or Perhaps Worse - Richard Cohen
35 Kb full02.pdf
June 2005 Full articles for links from Population Newsflashes 3
Speech by Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa
55 Kb full03.pdf
May 2005 Commission for Africa: PSN responses to the Consultation Document
76 Kb C_for_A.pdf
Mar 2005 Population Newflashes 3 including:
Former UK Minister raises population concerns
African women's organisation call for stronger rights
55 Kb newsflashes3.pdf
Feb 2005 Getting Population Issues back on the Policy Agenda 55 Kb policy.pdf
Feb 2005 Population Matters 2 - Second Issue of our Newsletter 221 Kb newsletter2.pdf
Dec 2004 Human Carrying Capacity and Human Health - Colin D Butler 128 Kb human_carrying.pdf
Dec 2004 Frequently Asked Questions (about the Network) 55 Kb faqs.pdf
June 2004 The Vatican and Condoms - True or False? (Extracts from BBC Panorama Programme 27th June 2004) 16 Kb vatican.pdf
June 2004 PSN Newsflashes 2, including: 85 Kb newsflashes2.pdf
 
  • India, Advocacy, CEDAW and the Danish FPA
  • Pacific Countries Adopt Plan on Reproductive Health
  • Four Babies Born per Minute in Philippines
  • Child Mortality Rate Falls Sharply in Mozambique
  • Africa's Countries Reaffirm World Population Consensus
  • Religious Leaders Criticised by Top Cleric for Failing to Confront Global AIDS
  • Youth and Health: Generation on the Edge - Conference in Washington, DC
  • U.S. Intensifies Blitz On U.N. Population Fund
  • Unfinished Business - African Leaders Must Act Now to Ratify the Protocol on the Rights of Women
May 2004 Report on Reproductive Health & HIV/AIDS Awareness Workshops in KwaZulu Natal 79 Kb kwazulu01.pdf
May 2004 PSN Newsflashes 1, including: 320 Kb newsflashes1.pdf
 
  • Pakistan Hopes to Cut Population Growth to 1.59% by 2008
  • Most Women of Child-Bearing Age Use Contraceptives
  • New Census of the Tunisian Population Announced
  • Italy's Birth Rate is the Second Lowest in the Western World
  • White House to Pull Support for Conference
  • Which Nations Will Go Forth and Multiply?
  • Reducing Poverty Takes More Than Just Money
  • Audubon List
April 2004 Biographies of Steering Group members, prepared for the Partnership Fair at CSD-12 141 Kb bio.pdf
April 2004 Summary Report at the 12th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, UN Headquarters, New York 41 Kb degsumm.pdf
April 2004 Out of the Shadows: Population and Sustainability - report on the event Population, Environment and Sustainable Development: ICPD at 10 116 Kb event.pdf
April 2004 A Message From New York: Re-Stating The Population Debate 75 Kb nycsd2.pdf
April 2004 A4 poster - "Worried About Poverty? Population Matters" 75 Kb poster.pdf
April 2004 A4 flyer prepared for the Partnership Fair at CSD-12 649 Kb flyer.pdf
April 2004 Population Matters 1 - the first edition of the newsletter of the PSN 144 Kb newsletter1.pdf
April 2004 Paper on the rationale for the development of the Population and Sustainability Network 90 Kb rationale.pdf