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The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?

The population debate: Are there too many people on the planet?

11 November 2020

The world population is 7.7 billion. What do our growing numbers mean for economic security, climate change, environmental destruction and the likelihood of pandemics?
A lone tree

Why are countries failing on their promise to stop deforestation?

12 September 2019

Despite a pledge in 2014 to halve deforestation by 2020, the area of forest destroyed annually has increased by more than 40 per cent globally in the past five years

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