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Looking at the world through demographics. This blog covers population in the news. Accelerating demographic growth is now the main factor driving biodiversity loss, growing resource scarcity, poverty and social conflict. Over-production and over-consumption are worsening this ecological crisis. 7 billion in 2011 - 9.3 or 10.6 billion (UN high estimate) by 2050. 80 million additional people a year at current rates! Is it not time to rethink population growth?

Understanding "The Demographic Transition Model"


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by Steve Salmony, Ph.D.
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In 1900 global population was circa 1.6 billion. By 2000 those digits reversed to 6.1 billion. 7 billion in 2011 and climbing fast! Environmental destruction is accelerating in tandem. Water tables are falling worldwide. Food shortages are increasing. It is clear that our planet with its finite resources cant keep up with our growing demands. Indeed, all the scientific and biological data indicate that we have exceeded our carrying capacity. The health of our economies relies on the health of our environment. One cannot therefore get away from the equation: population-CO2-natural resources.

By increasing our numbers we will simply increase human suffering. So why do we still have a problem with the word "overpopulation"?

Changing consumption habits is key, but hoping that technology bails us out will do little unless we stabilize our numbers. Governments must put family planning firmly on their agendas.

In the words of Gandhi “Be the change you want to see in the world.”

The blog wishes to address demographic issues in a manner that is free of political and past ideological agendas. It is linked to Population Issues Network & Forum on Facebook.
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Family Planning - Please donate

  • UNFPA
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  • IW, UK NGO
  • IPPF
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If you care about family planning and reproductive health sign the petition on "A million for a billion" by the Population Institute (http://www.millionforabillion.us)

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If you want to become a contributor email a request to: populationissues.network@gmail.com

Resource Links

  • Worldwatch Institute
  • World Resources Institute - Earth Trends
  • Wikipedia: Overpopulation
  • Wikipedia: Agriculture & Population: the father of the Green Revolution
  • United Nations Population Division
  • UNFPA, UN Population Issues Page
  • Population Reference Bureau
  • Population Media Center
  • Population Matters UK
  • Population Institute
  • Population Action International - Healthy families healthy planet
  • Fertility Rates by Country - Wikipedia
  • Facebook Group: population issues network and forum

WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP

1. Back the "two-child family" concept, or go a step further and take a pledge to stop at 1, or adopt.

2. Donate or volunteer to any international family planning agency.

3. Become a member or donate to a population institute.

4. Help by lobbying, campaigning, signing petitions or responding to an Action Alert, writing to the press or blogging.

5. Write to your local government representative or agency.

6. Inform others around you about the importance of the issue.

7. Chose a sustainable and green lifestyle.



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