The Rudd government will consider adding ”human population growth” to a key list of ecological threats that underpins Australia’s environmental laws. Environment Minister Peter Garrett has confirmed that population growth will be weighed up to determine whether it represents a ”threatening process” responsible for widespread biodiversity loss, water pollution, coastal erosion and rising greenhouse gas
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The Northern Territory Government has announced an overhaul of legislation which governs the environmental assessment of developments. Article Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/07/06/2946278.htm
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Climate change could drive up sea levels by twice as much as previously predicted, a scientist has warned at a Canberra conference. Article Link:
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More than two billion people, mostly those with low income or living in poor countries, lack access to surgical treatment and sites, according to a study of the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). Article Link:
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Figures released by the National Population and Family Planning Commission have estimated China’s population will reach 1.39 billion by the end of 2015, with those aged 60 or over topping 200 million people. Over the next five years, China’s urban population will also surpass its rural counterpart, with city dwellers expected to exceed 700 million.
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(Reuters) – Asian countries need to increase investment in food production by 50 percent to $120 billion a year to ensure they can afford to feed their large and growing populations, a United Nations’ body said on Wednesday. With the number of hungry people in the world increasing by about 100 million to 1 billion
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Australia’s national parks are failing to save native wildlife, with mammal extinction rates of almost 50 per cent occurring in some NSW protected areas, a CSIRO scientist says. Article Link: http://fw.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/general/csiro-warning-of-wildlife-wipeout/1878477.aspx
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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. Article Link: http://sify.com/news/govt-against-curbing-population-with-law-azad-news-health-kffqkgafefj.html
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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
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WAYWARD migration forecasts are creating headaches for Gillard and Abbott. THE nation is carrying about 800,000 more people than it had bargained for when Labor came to power in 2007. This is the gap between the modest official population projections that were publicly available at the time of the last election and the fertility and
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