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03 Sep 08
Tarmo ToikkanenAlready in 1993 the scientific concensus was that the population growth of humans must be checked. Now, 18 years later only China has an effective population policy, while other countries breed recklessly.
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In 1993, fifty-six of the world’s scientific academies (including the U.S. National Academy) came together in a “Scientific Summit” on world population.
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The statement, reprinted below, underscores the need for government policies and initiatives that will help achieve “zero population growth within the lifetime of our children.”
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The lag between downward shifts of death and birth rates may be many decades or even several generations, and during these periods population growth will continue inexorably
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- Fertility declines within sixty years from the current rate of 3.3 to a global replacement average of 2.1 children per woman. The current population momentum would lead to at least 11 billion people before leveling off at the end of the twenty-first century.
- Fertility reduces to an average of 1.7 children per woman early in the next century. Human population growth would peak at 7.8 billion persons in the middle of the twenty-first century and decline slowly thereafter.
- Fertility declines to no lower than 2.5 children per woman. Global population would grow to 19 billion by the year 2100, and to 28 billion by 2150.
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