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The Injustice of Overpopulation

Chantal Lyons | Posted 12.04.2013 | UK
Read More: Population, Starvation, Global, Hunger, UK Impact, Poverty, Humanitarian, Developing Countries, Third World, Overpopulation, Famine, Developed Countries, Environment, Ifcampaign, Degradation, UK News
Chantal Lyons

Most population growth is happening in the developing world. The clue is in the name - many developing nations are on their way up. Endeavouring to curb population growth can only be a positive thing. Many of the actions we could take are intrinsically humanitarian in themselves.

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The Solution to an Ageing Population? Re-Think Retirement

Ros Altmann | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Population Growth, Life Expectancy, Medicine, Overpopulation, Anti-Ageing, Ageing, Retirement, UK Lifestyle, UK Lifestyle News
Ros Altmann

As a nation, we need to completely change our attitude to what is 'old', and by doing so we can also change our attitude to what a fantastic resource older people are; they're not a drain on our future, they are potentially really valuable resource in themselves.

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Baby Boom Puts Pressure On Primaries

PA/Huffington Post | Posted 24.01.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Population, School Places, UK Students, Primary Schools, Baby Boom, UK Schools, Education Policy, Overpopulation, Stephen Twigg, UK Universities & Education News

The numbers of children at primary school are expected to rise by a fifth over the coming decade, official figures suggest, putting huge pressure on p...

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UN says World's 7 Billionth Human Born Today

Rolf Schuttenhelm | Posted 30.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: World Population, Population Growth, India, Sex Selective Abortion, Global Population Growth, 7 Billion People, Demographics, Population Control, Overpopulation, UK Tech News
Rolf Schuttenhelm

There is about a 20 percent chance the world's 7,000,000,000th human inhabitant will be born in India - by far the highest chance for any individual country. If so, let's hope for a girl, although that chance would be less than 50 per cent...

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