: UK population

News from Population Matters.

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    Chris Packham speaks out on impact of population

    The Times published an edited version of this article on 9 January 2017. Here is the piece in full.  Population growth is stifling our green and pleasant land by Population Matters…

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    State of Nature report overlooks population growth impact

    On September 14th, more than 50 nature conservation and research organisations published the 2016 State of Nature report. The report found evidence of significant losses in biodiversity in the UK but overlooked the…

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    Teen pregnancy rates continue to fall

    The Family Planning Association (FPA) has recently reported on the latest teenage pregnancy figures from the Office for National Statistics, which recorded a 6.4 per cent decrease in teenage pregnancies in England and Wales…

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    Porritt on British e-NGOs and population

    It doesn’t take too long to open up incredibly divisive discussions about population, development and the environment. For instance, how would you respond to the following facts? 25 years ago,…