Pakistan must invest more to slow population growth: UN
ISLAMABAD — A third of Pakistanis have no access to birth control, a senior UN official said on Wednesday, as he urged the country to allocate more resources to family planning to slow rapid population...
View ArticleIran aims for baby boom, but are Iranians in the mood?
Before Somayeh can have the second child she and her husband have been talking about, they must first consider the expense. “Baby food, clothes, doctors, the hospital – it all costs a lot of money....
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Study: Global crop production shows some signs of stagnating
After decades of rapidly growing global agricultural output, production of four of the world’s most important crops could be stagnating or even slowing in some regions, according to a new study...
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New Poll Finds Americans Are Worried About Runaway Population Growth
The planet’s population could hit 10 billion by 2050, and a national poll by the Center for Biological Diversity finds a majority of Americans believe the growth could make some species extinct, is...
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Millions face starvation as world warms, say scientists
Millions of people could become destitute in Africa and Asia as staple foods more than double in price by 2050 as a result of extreme temperatures, floods and droughts that will transform the way the...
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Mount Everest region glaciers retreating as climate warms
Even the world’s tallest mountain – first conquered by man 60 years ago today – cannot escape climate change. A recent study led by a graduate student at the University of Milan in Italy reveals...
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U.N.: World population to reach 8.1B in 2025
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations forecast Thursday that the world’s population will increase from 7.2 billion today to 8.1 billion in 2025, with most growth in developing countries and more...
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China’s Great Uprooting: Moving 250 Million Into Cities
BEIJING — China is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to move 250 million rural residents into newly constructed towns and cities over the next dozen years — a transformative event that could set off...
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Pitfalls Abound in China’s Push From Farm to City
XI’AN, China — Li Yongping sat in a darkened conference room, his face illuminated by an enormous map of southern Shaanxi Province projected on a wall-size screen. He nodded to an assistant and the...
View ArticleFrom Malthus to Ehrlich and Beyond: William Pan on the Roots of PHE
More than four decades ago, Paul Ehrlich and John Holdren said complacency concerning the impact of human population growth is “unjustified and counterproductive.” More than two hundred years ago,...
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