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1	Tropics face fish famine due to climate change, report warns The first study to look at how climate change will affect food supplies offshore warns of severe declines in fish stocks in some of the world's poorest regions. By Suzanne Goldenberg, US environment correspondent guardian.co.uk, Thursday 8 October 2009 18.21 BST	159
2	Enough water to cope with big bang in population STATE capitals will have enough water even if the national population swells to 35 million by 2050 as predicted, but only if residents are prepared to change their lifestyles and pay bigger water bills. ... Asa Wahlquist, Rural writer From: The Australian December 29, 2009 12:00AM	79
3	One-fifth of Chad's population facing hunger N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Nearly a fifth of the population in Chad will suffer food shortages this year, part of a broader hunger problem looming in the Sahel region, the United Nations said Thursday. Moumine Ngarmbassa Thu Feb 25, 2010	4
4	One-Third of Yemen's Population May Go Hungry. Still, Money For Weapons But Not Food. A few days ago there was an odd juxtaposition of Yemen-related news. On the one hand, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced that the United States would double its military assistance to Yemen to about $150 million next year. That same day, the UN Refugee Agency warned that it faced a huge funding shortfall for its Yemen related work, which includes taking care of 250,000 people made refugees and internally displaced, in part by fighting between the Yemeni military and rebel groups. Mark Leon Goldberg - February 25, 2010	5

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Keep up the good fight - it's really critical in overpopulated Australia. - Paul Ehrlich commenting on SPA's work

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING - MELBOURNE 2010

DATE- MARCH 20^th 2010 at 2.00 p.m.

VENUE

University of Melbourne

Trinity College Royal Parade Parkville

Evan Burge Building

Buzzard lecture Theatre

Enter Gate A (next to Janet Clarke Hall)

Guest speaker:

Dr Bob Birrell, Reader in Sociology at Monash University.

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Media Release - SEQ Water Strategy - 10 Feb.

South East Queensland Water Strategy reveals SEQ population growth is unsustainable

High energy consuming desalination plants underpinning future water security for South East Queensland shows that the region’s population growth is unsustainable, say environmentalists.

“Detailed planning for desalination facilities at Lytton and Marcoola will commence in 2010, however, a desalination plant at Lytton shows a total disregard for the Moreton Bay Marine Park and its internationally listed values,” said Mr Simon Baltais, Vice President of the South East Queensland Branch of Sustainable Population Australia. Read On. ..

Discover biodiversity - every day

Biodiversity is the backbone of all life on earth, and its conservation lies at the very core of IUCN’s work. ‘Species of the Day’ has been launched as part of IUCN’s involvement in the International Year of Biodiversity.

With mounting scientific evidence of a serious extinction crisis, it’s time to take action. “The latest analysis of the IUCN Red List shows the 2010 target to reduce biodiversity loss will not be met,” says Jane Smart, Director of IUCN’s Biodiversity Conservation Group. “It’s time for governments to get serious about saving species and make sure it’s high on their agendas for next year, as we’re rapidly running out of time.”

Each day of 2010 will see a different species featured on the IUCN website, with information on the threats it faces. The 365 species selected represent the entire range of taxonomic groups and cover all regions. We have started by featuring some better known species, including the Polar Bear and will move on to cover plants, fungi, invertebrates and more. Both charismatic and obscure species will be featured, providing an insight into the astonishing level of biodiversity that exists.

If you would like to access the archived list of species go to www.iucnredlist.org/species-of-the-day/archives