Ending Population Growth: Why Family Planning Is Key To A Sustainable Future

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yes to family planning graffiti photo photo: wonderjunkie/Creative Commons The following piece by Robert Engelman is cross-posted from Solutions. The widespread assumption that world population, now at 6.9 billion, will inevitably grow to 9 billion by midcentury is wrong. The equally widespread belief that an earlier, lower population peak would require coercive "population control" is also incorrect. Population ...Read the full story on TreeHugger