Why the end of population explosion is nigh

Article Abstract:

Fertility rates began falling in developed countries several decades ago, and are now beginning to fall in developing countries too as people become wealthier and more educated and contraception becomes more widely available. This demographic transition away from societies in which women have many children but infant mortality is high and life expectancy is short can be regarded as an extremely significant development in human history. Moving away from rapid population growth will mean that Earth's resources will not be tested to their absolute limits.

Forecasts and trends, Zero population growth

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Fattened up, now for the kill

Article Abstract:

The European Commission is right to reform the Common Agricultural Policy in a way which will bring about further reductions in guaranteed prices and ensure that prices for European agricultural products move closer to those charged on the world market. Guaranteed high prices proved to be a very misguided way of subsidizing European agriculture, and were especially damaging in boosting agricultural output far above demand. It is vital that new approaches to funding agriculture focus on protecting the countryside and putting a stop to rural decline.

Agriculture, Crop Production, Agricultural industry, Economic aspects, Agricultural subsidies

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The world won't end with a bang nor a whimper

Article Abstract:

Sixty government leaders meet at the United Nations Earth Summit Conference on Environment and Development in Jun 1992 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1972 global collapse was predicted. Population growth persists but the UN Population Fund forecasts stabilization by the end of the 21st century. The International Institute for Environment and Development estimates 1.5 billion Third World people live in poverty through environmental problems. Global hardship adds to struggles for prosperity.

Human beings, Humans, Population forecasting, United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, 1992

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