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Sustainable Population Australia statement for World Population Day – 11th July 2016

World population Day was established by the UN in 1989 to highlight concerns as the planet’s population went past 5 billion. It is now at 7.4 billion and rising by about 80 million every year, so the problems are even more intractable (despite the rate of growth declining). Medium scenarios produced by the UN estimate

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Media release – world biodiversity day should be renamed biodiversity disaster day

Sustainable Population Australia Inc. Patrons: Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Em Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White Youth Ambassador: Ms Bindi Irwin PO Box 3851 Weston Creek, ACT, 2611 Ph (02) 6288 6810 20th May, 2016 World Biodiversity Day, set by the UN for 22nd May, should be renamed

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MR: global urbanisation good for some but bad for nature

A UN Report[i] to be issued tomorrow (July 10), the day before World Population Day, will note that by 2050 about two-thirds of all humans will live in urban areas. Most of the anticipated urban growth by 2050 will occur in Asia and Africa. Already, more than half the global population lives in cities. As

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Population group welcomes bindi Irwin as youth ambassador

7 December 2013 Media release Sustainable Population Australia (SPA) is delighted to announce that Bindi Irwin has accepted its invitation to be its Youth Ambassador. Bindi is the daughter of the original Wildlife Warrior and conservationist Steve Irwin. Bindi, 15, who has inherited her father’s love of animals, is an actress and television presenter

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Mr – population, resources and climate change – implications for Australia’s near future

The impact of population growth, diminishing resources and climate change on Australia’s future will be discussed by scientists at the Fenner Conference on Environment, being held at the Shine Dome in Canberra on 10 and 11 October 2013. Bing Professor of Population Studies in the department of Biological Sciences at Stanford University, Professor Paul Ehrlich, will

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Australia’s population growth unsustainable

Australia’s population annual growth of just under 400,000 people is absolutely unsustainable, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). Figures out today from the Bureau of Statistics reveal Australia’s population grew at 1.8 per cent, with net overseas migration of 238,300 people (60%) in the year ending March 31, 2013, and natural increase of 159,100 people

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MR: leave enough water for other species

Humans are appropriating too much water for their own needs and not leaving enough for the survival of other species, according to Sustainable Population Australia (SPA). SPA National President, Ms Jenny Goldie, says that water is essential for all life, not just for humans. “The more water that is taken from rivers and aquifers to

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Media Release: World Population Day, 11th July: London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures

London family planning summit could compensate for Rio+20 failures – if fundamentalist religion will get out of the way Women around the world were rightly furious that the term “reproductive rights” was removed from the outcome document produced at the UN’s Rio +20 conference on sustainable development last month according to national environment group,

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On world environment day aussie governments opt for brown rather than green economy

Sustainable Population Australia Patrons: Senator the Hon. Bob Carr, Dr Paul Collins, Prof Tim Flannery, Prof Ian Lowe, Dr Mary E White population.org.au WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY POPULATION STABILISATION INTEGRAL TO GREEN ECONOMY: Australian Governments opt for brown rather than a green economy While a green economy is a worthy theme for

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