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News from Population Matters.

  • Drowned Out: Why Whale Beachings Are On The Rise

    Following the tragic mass beaching of 77 pilot whales on World Population Day, we assess how human activity is damaging the world’s oceans and having catastrophic effects for the survival of the world’s marine species.

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    JD Vance and the threat to reproductive rights in the US

    Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance is causing concern due to his staunch anti-abortion views, which include a nationwide ban.

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    False Alarm: Britain’s “Birth Rate Crisis”

    The Spectator, a weekly British news magazine, says Britain is in a birth rate crisis. Campaigns and Media Officer Madeleine Hewitt responds and explains why there is no need to panic over falling birth rates.

  • Empowering citizens through contraception

    The European Contraception Policy Atlas is an annual report that monitors access to modern contraception in the continent. Take a look at this year’s rankings.

  • Thoughts on declining fertility and scientists’ warning

    The Journal of Population and Sustainability explores all aspects of the relationship between human numbers and environmental issues.

  • The Nigerian Population Conversation  

    In February this year, Population Matters will be convening a Population Conversation event in Abuja, Nigeria. Partnerships, Advocacy and Voice Manager Abimbola Junaid tells us more about what’s in store.

  • Talking population at the UN Water Conference

    Population Matters attended the UN Water Conference in New York to raise the critical linkage between water and population.

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    Sustainable population: the Earth4All approach

    Earth4All’s recent People and Planet report is the latest attempt at modelling sustainable population projections through the 21st century. It caused a number of over-hyped newspaper headlines, but are its projections of a significant fall in population by 2100 plausible?

  • Talking population at the UN Water Conference

    Population Matters attended the UN Water Conference in New York to raise the critical linkage between water and population.

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    Can we meet our water needs?

    Population Matters will be taking part in the UN Water Conference in New York this week, to raise the critical linkage between water and population.