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May 17th 2012
700 000 sign against Honduran anti-contraception law
Over 700,000 people have signed a petition demanding the Honduran Congress reject the latest attempt to criminalize the use or sale of emergency contraception. The proposed legislation —which was recently... -
May 17th 2012
World maternal deaths have halved in the last 20 years
The global mortality rate for women giving birth has fallen by half over the past two decades, a UN report released today said. While there has been considerable progress, more... -
May 11th 2012
UN adopts young persons’ sexual health resolution
The United Nations Commission on Population and Development (CPD) has adopted a new resolution that is expected to dramatically improve sexual and reproductive health among the world's young population. Sexual health... -
May 11th 2012
Copenhagen Consensus issue population report
In research for Copenhagen Consensus 2012, Hans-Peter Kohler of the University of Pennsylvania focuses on assisting sub-Saharan African nations that make the dominant contribution to world population growth resulting from... -
May 5th 2012
‘Nuclear power is only solution’ says Sachs
Combating climate change will require an expansion of nuclear power, respected economist Jeffrey Sachs said on Thursday, in remarks that are likely to dismay some sections of the environmental movement. Prof... -
May 5th 2012
Taming hunger in Ethiopia
Ethiopia has been deemed a population-climate 'hotspot', a place where rapid growth and a changing climate pose grave threats to food security and human well-being. Certainly, the landlocked East African... -
May 4th 2012
Immigration inevitable for Singapore – IPS
A new study has shown that even if Singapore increases the proportion of foreigners in its midst, the population will still get older and the labour growth rate will still... -
May 4th 2012
Can an African ‘green revolution’ feed the world?
Her bare feet coated with mud, Sabena Gitau trudged down the rain-sodden hillside to her banana plantation, machete in hand. She chose and cut several giant bunches of bananas, which... -
May 4th 2012
Indonesia: A grim portrait of palm oil emissions
Indonesia ranks right behind the United States and China in the lineup of the world’s top 10 greenhouse gas emitters. It’s not because of smokestacks or freeways, but massive deforestation... -
May 3rd 2012
Sea level rises may not be as high as predicted
Sea-level rises are unlikely to be as high as worst-case scenarios have forecasted, suggests new research which shows that Greenland's glaciers are slipping into the sea more slowly than was...
