Suggested Citation: "PART I--PANEL REPORT: Executive Summary." National Research Council. 2005. Population, Land Use, and Environment: Research Directions. Washington ...

Ontario | For 200 years, we've been warned of unchecked population growth and how it leads to environmental instability. On the other hand, today some countries face decreasing populations, alongside ...

Concerns about the consequences of environmental change have ascended to the top of the international agenda, and have brought in their wake renewed attention to the complex interrelationships between ...

What is the role of population in driving deforestation? This question was put forth as a discussion topic in the cyberseminar hosted by Population Environment Research Network (PERN) in Spring, 2003.

While the Supreme Court, Congress and the White House are embroiled over the constitutional right of women to abortion, a larger, more consequential demographic issue impacting all of America’s men, ...

Research shows that our rapidly growing human population increases pressure on society and the environment, making it harder to address problems ranging from public health concerns to climate ...

Our health and environment are deeply interconnected. The exploitation of people, animals and nature drives the environmental crises we face today and damages the health of the most marginalized ...

For America to deal effectively with climate change and many other critical environmental concerns, including biodiversity loss, deforestation, natural resource depletion, food production, pollution ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...