News from Population Matters.
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Parched Earth: How Population Growth Fuels Water Challenges
World Water Week’s theme, Bridging Borders: Water for a Peaceful and Sustainable Future, speaks to the collective effort required to achieve global water goals. Our numbers and the impact we have on our environment must be part of the conversation.
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The duel threats to endangered elephants
This World Elephant Day, we revisit the elephant chapter of our Vanishing Icons report. It explores the main reasons African elephants are endangered: poaching and habitat fragmentation, and how population growth contributes to both.
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Exploring the relationship between our numbers and the environment
The Journal of Population and Sustainability explores all aspects of the relationship between human numbers and environmental issues.
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Progressives Should Steer Clear of Pronatalism Trap
An article in The New York Times calls for progressive politicians to adopt the pronatalist policies promoted by JD Vance. Campaigns and Media Officer Madeleine Hewitt responds and explains why progressives must address population growth as an environmental issue.
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Planet’s annual budget of resources used up in just 7 months
On 1 August 2024, we reach a critical milestone – Earth Overshoot Day. We interviewed two of the people responsible for calculating the date to find out more.
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The Battle for Territory: How Human Expansion Affects Tiger Habitat
This International Tiger Day, we revisit the tiger chapter of our Vanishing Icons report. It investigates the loss of tiger habitat, 57% of which is within 5km of a road, and the impacts of population growth.
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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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Dried up Futures: Drought and Desertification
Drought and desertification are the worst environmental crises facing the world today. Our new report Dried Up Futures examines how these interconnected disasters are driven by population growth, and the urgent need to act now to save our future.
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The Need for Holistic Solutions in the Philippines
Our recent visit to PATH Foundation Philippines, revealed the gravity of local issues. Hear from the community first hand and discover how you can support their important work.
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World bee day: Pollinators being pushed to the precipice
Today is World Bee Day. Bees play a vital role in our natural ecosystems, pollinating flowers and our crops but are in serious decline in the UK and internationally, due to intensification of agriculture to feed our growing population.