11-07-2017, 07:10 AM
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World Population Day
World Population Day, which seeks to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues, was established by the then-Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme in 1989, an outgrowth of the interest generated by the Day of Five Billion, which was observed on 11 July 1987.By resolution 45/216 of December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly decided to continue observing World Population Day to enhance awareness of population issues, including their relations to the environment and development.
The Day was first marked on 11 July 1990 in more than 90 countries. Since then, a number of a number of UNFPA country offices and other organizations and institutions commemorate World Population Day, in partnership with governments and civil society.
http://www.un.org/en/events/populationday/
11-07-2017, 07:42 AM
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Re: World Population Day
HiWhen the first World Population Day was marked in 1990, the global population stood at a little over five billion.
It's now over half that again, measuring 7.6 billion.
This is a totally unsustainable growth rate, the food, water and infrastructure is simply not there to support it.
Net result, mass migration.
Sooner or later the crunch will have to come, we will have to accept the deaths of hundreds of millions from lack of food and water or have compulsory birth control.
Even in this tiny island of ours, we are seeing the deterioration of services and living standards due to an over rapid growth in migration and population.
Nature is a wondrous thing, animal populations are self balancing, naturally self controlling, they only ever grow large enough to match the food and water supply, then they die off.
Perhaps it is time to accept this reality and stop interfering.
11-07-2017, 08:15 AM
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Re: World Population Day
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiWhen the first World Population Day was marked in 1990, the global population stood at a little over five billion.
It's now over half that again, measuring 7.6 billion.
This is a totally unsustainable growth rate, the food, water and infrastructure is simply not there to support it.
Net result, mass migration.
Sooner or later the crunch will have to come, we will have to accept the deaths of hundreds of millions from lack of food and water or have compulsory birth control.
Even in this tiny island of ours, we are seeing the deterioration of services and living standards due to an over rapid growth in migration and population.
Nature is a wondrous thing, animal populations are self balancing, naturally self controlling, they only ever grow large enough to match the food and water supply, then they die off.
Perhaps it is time to accept this reality and stop interfering.
... but somebody will call us 'Racist' if we try and do anything about it.
12-07-2017, 01:38 PM
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Re: World Population Day
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiWhen the first World Population Day was marked in 1990, the global population stood at a little over five billion.
It's now over half that again, measuring 7.6 billion.
This is a totally unsustainable growth rate, the food, water and infrastructure is simply not there to support it.
Net result, mass migration.
Sooner or later the crunch will have to come, we will have to accept the deaths of hundreds of millions from lack of food and water or have compulsory birth control.
Even in this tiny island of ours, we are seeing the deterioration of services and living standards due to an over rapid growth in migration and population.
Nature is a wondrous thing, animal populations are self balancing, naturally self controlling, they only ever grow large enough to match the food and water supply, then they die off.
Perhaps it is time to accept this reality and stop interfering.
It's blindingly obvious. well, to some of us.
12-07-2017, 02:27 PM
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Re: World Population Day
Strange.......India the worlds largest Democracy continues to grow.Socialist China put the brakes on population by the single child policy........not all socialist policies are bad then ?
I am an eternal optimist, we may have to eat insects for protein and aqua factory farmed vegetables and drop sirloin steak..........we will have to cut childbirth rates, either by law or as a result of raising general wealth and well being................that usually lowers births.
I fear the rise of pandemics due to the effectiveness of antibiotics, which may prove to be a culling agent.
12-07-2017, 02:46 PM
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Re: World Population Day
Originally Posted by Tpin
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We need culling.The lack of World Wars and the improvement of medication has been detrimental to the world's population.
No thanks.
Isn't it traditional for women and children to go first?
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