For planetary and human health, #PopulationMatters

“Our greatest worry of all is human population growth, in my opinion. What we can’t cope with is that there are just too many of us. So we’ve got to start talking about this.” Chris Packham

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Good news for nature...👍🌳
UK fertility rate is falling again. Helping to benignly repair the enormous damage done by 20th century population explosion.
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“Shocking” – 27 Million Tons of Nanoplastics Discovered in the North Atlantic Tiny plastic particles fill the Atlantic in staggering amounts. Their effects are only beginning to be understood. A major new study by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utre...

"A major new study by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht University has revealed that approximately 27 million tons of nanoplastic, floating in the North Atlantic Ocean."

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#oceans #climatecrisis #plasticpollution #PopulationMatters

Fears that falling birth rates in US could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated.

"As demographers who study fertility, family behaviors and childbearing intentions, we can say with certainty that population decline is not imminent, inevitable or necessarily catastrophic."

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Beyond Growth – The Promise of a Wellbeing Economy - Population Matters Discover how a wellbeing economy can address global challenges, prioritising human needs and sustainability over endless growth.

Econometrician and sustainability researcher Gaya Herrington discusses whether a transition to a Wellbeing Economy is possible, and what that means for our interactions with nature

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When women & girls have access to education, economic opportunities & quality healthcare, they gain the freedom to make informed choices about their lives & families. Advancing gender equality isn't just a human right, it’s essential to reaching the Sustainable Development Goals.

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Double good news from Vietnam.
Restrictions on couples choices re family size lifted.
AND fertility rate fallen below replacement.
Thus helping heal 20thC destruction pop. explosion.
1900: 13m
2025: 100m ! 😮🙈
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Knowledge, freedom and access to contraception are all vital to advancing gender equality, public health and social development. Everyone should be empowered — free from stigma or pressure — to decide if, when and how many children to have.

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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! 💜🌍

Women for Conservation is an incredible organisation that empowers women in Colombia through family planning & conservation.

Learn more about them here 👉 shorturl.at/hj7KS

#IWD2025 #WomensRights #SupportTheSupporters #PopulationMatters

I'm a father of three - this is why we need a baby boom As Elon Musk is reported to have fathered his 13th child, we meet the British pro-natalists who say falling birth rates are a threat to our future

“When individuals, specifically women and girls, have access to education, sexual and reproductive services and information, the evidence demonstrates they themselves choose smaller families.”

Good to put an alternative perspective across.

inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

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#childfreebychoice #childfree #controversy #antinatalism #populationmatters #environmentalconservation

'NIABY' Not in anybody's backyard.
Just don't do it.
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Child Tax Credit Cuts : Population matters : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Population matters child tax credit cuts , child poverty. Eugenics

Child poverty in the uk stopping the poor breeding #TwoChildLimit archive.org/details/chil... #Populationmatters #childtaxcredit cuts , #childpoverty. #Eugenics