Population and Communities
by Robert Engelman on December 17, 2008 The government of Vietnam is deciding whether to penalize parents who have more than two children, reinitiating a coercive population policy it abandoned in 2003.
by Ben Block on December 3, 2008 Reproductive health advocates expect secretary of state-nominee Hillary Clinton to restore U.S. leadership on population, human rights, and the environment.
by Ben Block on October 17, 2008
A recent gathering of conservationists passed a measure that "acknowledges that injustice to indigenous peoples have been and continue to be caused in the name of conservation."
by Ben Block on August 8, 2008 In 2008, the International Year of Sanitation, more groups are pressuring their governments to improve sanitation controls and water quality. In India, religious leaders threaten protests.
by Ben Block on July 7, 2008
On the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, located in the poorest
county in the United States,
Native Americans are hoping green building can solve their growing housing
crisis.
by Ben Block on July 3, 2008 The brutal killings of seven rare blue iguanas have inspired widespread support across Grand Cayman. But as long as rapid human population growth continues across the island, the reptiles may face extinction.
by Robert Engelman on July 1, 2008
During each year of the George W. Bush administration, the U.S. president
has denied millions of dollars from reaching a United Nations agency that works
to prevent violence against women and to support emergency obstetric care.
by Robert Engelman on June 17, 2008 Most nations' population policies are home grown, and sometimes none the better for this.
by Ben Block on June 11, 2008 A literature review found that more than 92 percent of environmental skepticism books have been in some way affiliated to conservative think tanks.
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