ON October 31, 2011 the world’s population will top seven billion. That’s according to expert opinion and a recent article in Nature.[1] Writing in 1798, when there were less than one billion people on planet earth, Thomas Malthus suggested that … [Read more...] about Reflections on the ‘Malthusian Catastrophe’ as the World Approaches 7 Billion
Population
Wrong Policy on Population: A Note from Peter Ridd
LATEST statistics show that Australia’s population is growing at a rate of more than a million every three years. This growth rate is being driven primarily by record rates of immigration and a relative young population, itself a product of rapid … [Read more...] about Wrong Policy on Population: A Note from Peter Ridd
Hong Kong Cleans Up It’s Environment
ACCORDING to many commentators, one of the greatest challenges facing humanity in the twenty-first century is the protection and conservation of the environment. It’s a mainstream issue and not just in places like Australia. Indeed even the … [Read more...] about Hong Kong Cleans Up It’s Environment
Population Imperialists
“We know full well what happens when women’s fertility becomes the object of draconian top-down social engineering as it has in China and was in the dark days of eugenics when thousands were involuntarily sterilised. The war on population always has … [Read more...] about Population Imperialists
Uneven Population Growth
Although the population of the world continues to grow substantially, 79 million a year, the rate of growth has declined by nearly half in the last 40 years - from 2.0 to 1.2 per cent per annum. It have varied significantly by continent ... Read … [Read more...] about Uneven Population Growth
The Real Issue: Global Over-Breeding – A Note From Haldun Abdullah
Hi Jennifer, Now that we have left global warming behind us (almost unanimous agreement that it is the result of human activity or rather over-activity, and that its here to stay unless something is done about it urgently) we can concentrate on the … [Read more...] about The Real Issue: Global Over-Breeding – A Note From Haldun Abdullah
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.