Thanks to truthout for pointing out
this BBC article. "The report spells out some of the pressures of population growth:
about 2.8 billion people, two in five of those alive, survive on the equivalent of less than $2 a day
about half the world's original forests have now been cleared, and three-quarters of its fish stocks are being exploited at or beyond sustainable limits
half a billion people live in countries where water is scarce: by 2025, the number is expected to be 2.4-3.4 billion people
a majority of the world's people will be living in cities by 2007, and by 2030 all regions will have urban majorities.
The report says the Earth's population is likely to increase from 6.4 billion people today to 8.9 billion by 2050, with the 50 poorest countries tripling in total numbers to 1.7bn people."Population control affects
so many issues, from poverty to pollution, and
Bush is hellbent on making a bad worldwide situation worse:
The Bush administration will withhold funds from the United Nations population agency for the third year in a row because the agency cooperates with activities in China that promote abortion...
"Once again, I don't think women can handle much more of this president's compassionate conservatism," said Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, a New York Democrat...
Sarah Craven, the chief of the agency's Washington office, said the administration's contention that the agency indirectly supported China's coercive policies was "false and absolutely baseless." Women and girls in sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere in Asia will be deprived of potentially life-saving help, she said. 
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