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Philippines president signs law easing access to contraceptives See: http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-philippines-law-contraceptives-20121229,0,6905291.story By Kenneth R. Weiss and Sol VanziDecember 29, 2012, 1:18 p.m. MANILA – Philippines President Benigno Aquino III has signed legislation that will provide modern contraceptives to the nation’s poorest people and mandate sex education in public schools, a spokeswoman announced Saturday. Leaders of the [...]
Updated: 2012-12-31 15:19:59
The Secret History of Sex, Choice and Catholics See: http://www.rhrealitycheck.org/article/2012/12/19/secret-history-sex-choice-and-catholics When people ask me why Catholics for Choice decided to make a movie, my answer usually starts with a story about a long train ride in the company of a prominent theologian a few years ago. I knew that this gentleman felt uncomfortable with many [...]
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Big demand for reproductive health options met with inadequate offerings and services See: http://www.yementimes.com/en/1635/report/1761/Big-demand-for-reproductive-health-options-met-with-inadequate-offerings-and-services.htm There are approximately 2,500 reproductive health centers in various governorates nationwide that are supported by the government. Comparative to private sector healthcare, these services are provided for free or heavily subsidized by the state making them easier to access for the [...]
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Can the oyster industry survive ocean acidification? See: http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.21/can-the-oyster-industry-survive-ocean-acidification/article_view?b_start:int=0 For four frustrating months in 2007, Mark Wiegardt and his wife, Sue Cudd, witnessed something unsettling at their Oregon oyster hatchery: tank bottoms littered with dead baby oysters. Usually, the larvae are grown until they’re three weeks old and a quarter of a millimeter in size [...]
Updated: 2012-12-26 14:00:37
Climate Change Causes Forest Die-Off Globally See: http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0909-forests-and-climate.html Already facing an onslaught of threats from logging and conversion for agriculture, forests worldwide are increasingly impacted by the effects of climate change, including drought, heightened fire risk, and disease, putting the ecological services they afford in jeopardy, warns a new paper published in the journal Nature [...]
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Will Colleges Kick Coal out of Their Stockings? Students across the country are calling for colleges to divest from fossil fuels. But will the schools listen? -By Kate Sheppard and Tim McDonnell http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2012/12/will-colleges-kick-coal-out-their-stockings Can college students reshape energy politics in the US by reforming their colleges’ endowments? That’s the hope of idealistic students at 189 [...]
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The mother behind kids’ long-shot legal crusade See: http://www.eenews.net/public/Greenwire/2012/12/19/1 EUGENE, Ore. — For Julia Olson, it all started with “An Inconvenient Truth.” The then-thirtysomething environmental lawyer watched Al Gore’s climate change documentary while eight months pregnant with her second child. By her own admission, she “cried through the whole film” and spent several sleepless [...]
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Debunking those myths on family planning See: http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/Living/Debunking-those-myths-on-family-planning/-/1218/1646890/-/6h6ekz/-/index.html Cancer. Deformed babies. Damaged wombs. These are just some of the fears that many Kenyan women associate with family planning. Fifty countries, Kenya included, look like they might miss the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) 2015 deadline, especially those on cutting the mortality rates of young children [...]
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United Nations bans female genital mutilation December 20 2012 | Ending Violence against Women | News See: http://www.unwomen.org/2012/12/united-nations-bans-female-genital-mutilation/ The United Nations General Assembly today passed unanimously a resolution banning the practice of Female Genital Mutilation. This significant milestone towards the ending of harmful practices and violations that constitute serious threat to the health of women [...]
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Goals Home About Goals We support a voluntary reduction in population over time to a level that enables an acceptable quality of life for all , protects wildlife and is ecologically sustainable : through universal user-led access to the full range of family planning services high-quality education and support to help people avoid unintended conceptions encouragement for individuals to make responsible decisions on family size an end to subsidies of larger families , except in cases of proven need an end to discrimination against women and equal access for women to education , decision-making and resources We also : support sustainable development for
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Life expectancy rises around the world , study finds December 20th 2012 A sharp decline in deaths from malnutrition and infectious diseases like measles and tuberculosis has caused a shift in global mortality patterns over the past 20 years , according to a report published on Thursday , with far more of the world’s population now living into old age and dying from diseases mostly associated with rich countries , like cancer and heart . disease The shift reflects improvements in sanitation , medical services and access to food throughout the developing world , as well as the success of broad public health efforts like vaccine programs . The results are
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski UK population growth fastest since the 1950s December 19th 2012 The UK population has grown at its fastest pace since the post-war baby boom in the past decade , according to the 2011 census figures out . yesterday On census night , there were 63,181,775 people living in the United Kingdom , the Office for National Statistics . said The country has gained a net 4.1m people , or almost seven per cent , on the previous survey in 2001 a rate of growth beaten only by the nine per cent population explosion after the Second World . War In separate figures out yesterday , the ONS revealed that the average British lifespan was 85 for men and 89 for women in 2010.
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Scottish population at its highest ever December 19th 2012 The first set of results from the 2011 Census in Scotland have shown that the population of the country was at its highest level . ever The population on Census Day was 5,295,000 up 5 233,000 since 2001 and the highest rise between two censuses in the past century . The number of people aged over 65 grew by 11 but the number of children between five and 14 fell by 11 Combined with other census figures , the total UK population was 63,181,775. Over the past century , the age profile of the population has become much older , with the proportion aged under 15 falling from 32 in 1911 to 16 last year ,
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, , Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski More People , More Power Stations , More Cost December 17th 2012 Population Growth Could Add 1 Trillion to UK Energy Costs A new report by an LSE Masters student commissioned by Population Matters shows that the additional power stations needed to supply a UK population of 87.7 million people the top end of the projected range for 2050 would cost between 380 billion and 1.02 trillion more than for the bottom of the range 68.7 million Ultimately these costs have to be paid through energy . bills The difference between the two population estimates from the Office for National Statistics is due to different assumptions about fertility , longevity and net
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Skip to navigation Skip to content Population Matters For a sustainable future Español Français Deutsch Italiano Dansk Nederlands Polski Rapid urbanization creates unique challenges December 14th 2012 The world’s urban population is expected to grow by 2.6 billion people between 2011 and 2050, bringing the total number of urbanites to 6.3 billion , according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service . This urban expansion will be especially burdensome for developing countries , where 82 percent of the world’s population currently lives , writes report author Grant . Potter Although the developing world is less urbanized than the industrial world in relative terms , developing countries are home to an estimated 1.54 billion more people . In
