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1	Shame on you, Generation Excess (September 6, 2008) SMH Garry Egger - Baby boomers practised scorched earth gluttony, and now the rest must pay the price, writes Garry Egger	387
2	Right to choose abortion wins strong support (October 5, 2009) ADELE HORIN, Sydney Morning Herald report of the latest study published in People and Place. The study by Dr Katharine Betts examines the reluctance of Politicians in Qld an NSW's to support abortion is published in a journal of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University.	331
3	Australia ranks second quality of life (October 6, 2009) YUKO NARUSHIMA, The Age - "AUSTRALIA has the second-best quality of life in the world and could pip Norway for top spot, the author of a UN report on migration and development says."	333
4	Populate and perish Somewhere Peter Costello is smirking. ..... Stephanie Peatling November 15, 2009 thege.com.au	242
5	New baby boomer generation on the way AUSTRALIA has just had its biggest baby boom with a record 293,600 babies born last year, up 4 per cent or 11,400 babies on the year before. Almost one quarter - 71,175 - were born in Victoria. PETER MARTIN November 12, 2009 theage.com.au	260
6	Why China's Declining Population Will Take 100 Years To Fix Vincent Fernando \| Feb. 24, 2010	154
7	US warns Malawi to control population growth US representatives to Malawi have made a special appeal to authorities to put in place measures that will help control the growth of population in the country. By NYASA TIMES Published: February 24, 2010	163
8	DEVELOPMENT: India, China Fight Poverty, Population Growth The world’s two most populous nations - India and China - are placing a high priority on reproductive health and poverty alleviation as part of their efforts to meet the U.N.’s much-touted Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its 2015 deadline.	160
9	Whoa Canada - March 19, 2010 Canada did its best this week to act like George W. Bush. The government excluded family planning from a new maternal health initiative for developing countries it planned to launch at the G8 meeting in June. Like a minority in our country, their Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon claimed that access to contraception is irrelevant to his goal of saving mothers and infants. After a quick public backlash, he edited his talking points, but still refused to acknowledge that family planning saves lives.	128
10	Abbott wants more babies, fewer people TONY ABBOTT hopes a Coalition government's family-friendly policies will boost Australia's birth rate but at the same time says projected population increases - fuelled by a baby boom and high immigration - are not sustainable.	132
11	Abbott wants more babies, fewer people - April 10 TONY ABBOTT hopes a Coalition government's family-friendly policies will boost Australia's birth rate but at the same time says projected population increases - fuelled by a baby boom and high immigration - are not sustainable.	142
12	Speeding Progress on the Millennium Development Goals _ January 2010 Population Facts - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs • Population Division Fact sheet on MDG's 2010/1	66
13	Child Adoption: Trends and Policies - April 2010 The study provides a solid foundation for furthering research on child adoption and, more specifically, on the demographic factors that shape the demand for and the availability of adoptable children. The focus of the report is on the nexus between adoption policies and trends at the national and global levels. Understanding adoption policies and their origins is all the more important today because, as adoption has become global, inconsistencies among the legal principles and traditions regarding adoption in different countries are increasingly coming to the fore.	60
14	Long-hated one-child rule may be eased in China - April 24 DAFENG, China — When asked why she and her husband don't want a second child, Shi Xiaomei smiles at her pudgy 9-year-old son and does a quick tally of the family budget. Her salary as a cleaning lady and the income from a mahjong parlor in their spare room barely cover their son's school fees and other expenses. "With just one, we can give him nicer things. But if you tried to split what we have between two or three, they would all end up with nothing," the 34-year-old says at her home in Dafeng, a prosperous but still-rural county 185 miles (300 kilometers) north of Shanghai.	78
15	South American Transition to Low Fertility Spreads to Paraguay - May 2010 Paraguay does not seem a likely candidate for rapid fertility decline: The population is poorer, more rural, and has lower educational levels than its neighboring countries. Yet despite a large population that is traditionally hard to reach with reproductive health information and services, Paraguay recorded a remarkable increase in contraceptive use and a sharp decline in fertility over the past decade. Mary Mederios Kent, senior demographic editor at PRB, wrote this article.	92
16	Child Marriage in the Middle East and North Africa - May 200 Early marriage compromises girls' development and often results in early pregnancy and social isolation. Child marriage also reinforces the vicious cycle of early marriage, low education, high fertility, and poverty. Most countries in the Middle East and North Africa region have laws on the minimum legal age for marriage, but some families take advantage of religious laws that condone an earlier age and arrange religious ceremonies, postponing the official registration until the bride reaches the legal age. Farzaneh Roudi-Fahimi, program director, Middle East and North Africa Program at PRB, wrote this article	93
17	Thou shalt not breed: Anglicans THE Anglican Church wants Australians to have fewer children and has urged the federal government to scrap the baby bonus and cut immigration. Wading into the population debate, the General Synod of the Anglican Church has warned that current rates of population growth are unsustainable and potentially out of step with church doctrine - including the eighth commandment, ''Thou shall not steal''. In a significant intervention, the Anglican Public Affairs Commission has warned concerned Christians that remaining silent ''is little different from supporting further overpopulation and ecological degradation''.	104
18	Govt against curbing population with law: Azad New Delhi: India, the world's second most populous country, is against controlling population growth through legislation, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Wednesday.	43
19	Unauthorized births run counter to aims of World Population Day BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The world’s population reached 5 billion on July 11, 1987, and the United Nations set that date as World Population Day. The theme of this year’s 21st World Population Day is “Everyone counts”, and the activities in China will focus on the 2010 population census and emphasize the right to life. It also aims to stress the importance of efficient population control by means of collecting and analyzing the latest data so as to make an impact on decision-making and improve people’s lives. The risks caused by over-population include a lack of living space, the shortage of jobs, sky-high housing prices, environmental deterioration and scarcity of energy and resources.	44

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Media Release - 28th June, 2010

Gillard on population: An outbreak of commonsense?

Sustainable Population Australia, the nation’s only environment group campaigning on reducing human population, is greatly encouraged by the comments of incoming Prime Minister Gillard about reducing immigration.

National President of SPA, Sandra Kanck, says that after more than two decades of hammering away at this issue and the spectacular population growth, which took place under the auspices of former PM Rudd, it appears Australia now might be on the brink of an outbreak of commonsense. Full Release

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

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